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The Call of the Wild is a vel by American author Jack London published in 1903. The story takes place in the extreme conditions of the Yukon during the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush, where strong sled dogs were in high demand. After Buck, a domesticated dog, is snatched from a pastoral ranch in California, he is sold into a brutal life as a sled dog. The vella details Buck's struggle to adjust and survive the cruel treatment he receives from humans, other dogs, and nature. John Griffith Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, 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. He is best remembered as the author of The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike 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 in The Sea Wolf.Product Identifiers
PublisherCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-101482569892
ISBN-139781482569896
eBay Product ID (ePID)230098479
Product Key Features
AuthorJack London
FormatTrade Paperback (Us) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound, Paperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicAnthologies
Additional Product Features
Content NoteBlack & White Illustrations
Date of Publication17/02/2013
Country of PublicationUnited States