num_pages: 126
description: First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike.
language: English
title: The Call of the Wild
titlecomplete: The Call of the Wild (Classic Retellings)
characters: Buck, Francois (The Call of the Wild), Perrault (The Call of the Wild), Spitz, John Thornton
genres: Historical Fiction, Animals, Childrens, School, Novels, Young Adult, Literature, Classics, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 415334
places: Canada, Yukon Territory, The United States of America, Alaska, Klondike, Yukon Territory
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH