The Call of the Wild
Author | : Jack London |
Publisher | : Blurb |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2019-04-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 0368644618 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780368644610 |
Rating | : 4/5 (610 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Call of the Wild written by Jack London and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2019-04-21 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated and even somewhat pampered dog named Buck, whose primordial instincts return after a series of events finds him serving as a sled dog in the treacherous, frigid Yukon during the days of the 19th century Klondike Gold Rushes. Published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is one of London's most-read books, and it is generally considered one of his best. Because the protagonist is a dog, it is sometimes classified as a juvenile novel, suitable for children, but it is dark in tone and contains numerous scenes of cruelty and violence. London followed the book in 1906 with White Fang, a companion novel with many similar plot elements and themes as The Call of the Wild, although following a mirror image plot in which a wild wolf becomes civilized by a mining expert from San Francisco named Weedon Scott.