The Call of the Wild

by London, Jack; Paulsen, Gary

• ISBN13: 9780689856747
• ISBN10: 0689856741
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Aladdin

Summary

Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. This edition of "The Call of the Wild" includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Dwight Swain. Kidnapped form his safe California home. Thrown into a life-and-death struggle on the frozen Artic wilderness. Half St. Bernard, half shepard, Buck learns many hard lessons as a sled dog: the lesson of the leash, of the cold, of near-starvation and cruelty. And the greatest lesson he learns from his last owner, John Thornton: the power of love and loyalty. Yet always, even at the side of the human he loves, Buck feels the pull in his bones, an urge to answer his wolf ancestors as they howl to him.

Author Biography

Jack London (1876-1916) was born in California. In 1897 he joined the Klondike gold rush in northern Canada, an event which inspired his most famous stories, including The Call of the Wild. By the time of his early death he was one of America's most celebrated authors. Andrew Davidson is an acclaimed artist who has illustrated many books for both children and adults. His distinctive wood engravings for Ted Hughes' The Iron Man won both the Kurt Maschler and the D&AD Awards. Jean Craighead George is a naturalist and favorite children's writer. Her thrilling stories are inspired by her own wildlife adventures -- including the study of wolves in Alaska. Her novels have won her many awards, among them the prestigious Newbery Medal for Julie of the Wolves

Table of Contents

Introduction

BÂTardthe Call of the Wild

Into the Primitive

The Law of Club and Fang

The Dominant Primordial Beast

Who Has Won to Mastership

The Toil of Trace and Trail

For the Love of a Man

The Sounding of the Call

Biographical Background

Historical Background

Literary Allusions and Notes

Critical Excerpts

Suggestions for Further Reading

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