The call of the wild [electronic resource] / Jack London.
The Call of the Wild is Jack London's most popular book and is considered by many to be his best. Telling the story of Buck, a domesticated dog whose wild instincts begin to kick-in while serving as a sled dog in the treacherous Yukon. The novel's tone is often dark, and despite being considered juvenile literature by some, it portrays much violence and cruelty. The Call of the Wild was followed in 1906 by White Fang with its mirroring plot of a wild wolf becoming domesticated by a miner.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781620114483 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1620114488 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Publisher: [S.l.] : Duke Classics, c2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "First published in 1903"--T.p. verso. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive viewed, June 12, 2012). |
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Subject: | Animal welfare > Fiction. Feral dogs > Fiction. Pet theft > Fiction. Sled dogs > Fiction. Dogs > Fiction. Klondike River Valley (Yukon) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Adventure fiction. Nature stories. Electronic books. |