The Call of The Wild

by Jack London

Overview

The Call of the Wild is a novel by American author Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush-a period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into the brutal existence of an Alaskan sled dog, he reverts to atavistic traits. Buck is forced to adjust to, and survive, cruel treatments, fight to dominate other dogs in a harsh climate. Eventually he sheds the veneer of civilization, relying on primordial instincts through lessons he learns, to emerge as a leader in the wild ...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781494491925
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/15/2013
Pages:	100
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.21(d)
Lexile:	620L (what's this?)

About the Author

Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, California, on 12 January 1876, Jack London was brought up in a working-class family. He self-educated himself and began working at the age of thirteen. He worked in a cannery, a jute mill, pirated oysters, worked aboard a sealing sailing ship, and became a hobo.
Drawing on his own experiences during the Gold Rush days, The Call of the Wild was written in Piedmont, California. His other famous works include White Fang (1906), The Sea-Wolf (1904), and John Barleycorn (1913). A successful novelist, journalist, and social activist, London died 1916 aged forty. He continues to remembered for his celebrated novel, The Call of the Wild.