The Call of the Wild
Series: Great Illustrated Classics
Publisher: Baronet Books
Published: 1989
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780866119542
Subjects: Children: Grades 3-4; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary; Action & Adventure - General; Classics; Antiques & Collectibles
First sentence: BUCK did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tidewater dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego.
Description: Buck, a powerful young dog, is snatched away from an easy life in California and transported to the Far North. The Klondike at the turn of the century is filled with greedy prospectors for gold, wild Indians, and savage wolves. Buck becomes a sled dog and must learn cunning and toughness to survive. Trained by a master he comes to love, Buck becomes the strongest and fiercest sled dog in all of Alaska. But deep inside Buck feels the urge to be free of man's rule and to heed "the call of the wild."
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