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The Call of the Wild: Original and Unabridged by Jack London (Paperback / softback, 2014)
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The Call of the Wildis a vel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in theYukonduring the 1890sKlondike Gold Rush-a period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The vel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara valley of 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 and fight to dominate other dogs in a harsh climate. Eventually he sheds the veneer of civilization, relying on primordial instincts and lessons he learns, to emerge as a leader in the wild. London lived for most of a year in the Yukon collecting material for the book. The story was serialized in theSaturday Evening Postin the summer of 1903; a month later it was released in book form. The vel's great popularity and success made a reputation for London. Much of its appeal derives from the simplicity with which London presents the themes in an almost mythical form.Product Identifiers
PublisherCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-101499763867
ISBN-139781499763867
eBay Product ID (ePID)214304637
Product Key Features
AuthorJack London
FormatTrade Paperback (Us) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound, Paperback / Softback
LanguageEnglish
TopicChildren's Fiction
Additional Product Features
Content NoteBlack & White Illustrations
Author BiographyJohn Griffith Jack London(January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916)was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone.Some of his most famous works includeThe Call of the WildandWhite Fang, both set in theKlondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories To Build a Fire,An Odyssey of the North, and Love of Life. He also wrote of the South Pacific in such stories as The Pearls of Parlay and The Heathen, and of the San Francisco Bay area inThe Sea Wolf. London was a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers and wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics such as hisdystopian novelThe Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposeThe People of the Abyss, andThe War of the Classes.
Date of Publication22/08/2014
Country of PublicationUnited States
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