The Call of the Wild (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781534951617)

The Call of the Wild by Jack London. The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominates other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild. London spent almost a year in the Yukon collecting material for the book. The story was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post in the summer of 1903 and was published a month later in book form. The book

Author: Jack London
ISBN-10: 153495161X
ISBN-13: 9781534951617
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/27/2016
Pages: 58
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.12d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 139721 / Call of the Wild