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The Call of the Wild Kindle Edition

by Jack London (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St. Bernard, half Shepard), is a dog born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. But then he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog in the harsh and frozen Yukon Territory. Passed from master to master, Buck embarks on an extraordinary journey, proving his unbreakable spirit...
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.

No other popular writer of his time did any better writing than you will find in “The Call of the Wild”. —H. L. Mencken.
Few men have more convincingly examined the connection between the creative powers of the individual writer and the unconscious drive to breed and to survive, found in the natural world… London is in and committed to his creations to a degree very nearly unparalleled in the composition of fiction. —James Dickey

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B084KQJ39N
Publisher ‏ : ‎ JLBooks (December 31, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 31, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 363 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 59 pages

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- #53 in Biological Science of Dogs & Wolves
- #57 in Children's Wolf Books
- #58 in Children's Fox Books

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John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone.
Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf.
London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers. He wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes.
Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by published by L C Page and Company Boston 1903 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Kristina Imperato

Wonderful adventure

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2020

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Engrossing. Best animal story ever! So well written. I felt like I was there. A real story of perseverance and courage. Didn't want it to end, but then the truth of it has no end........

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2020

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I first heard of Jack London perhaps 40 years ago but only now took the time to read perhaps his best - The Call of the Wild. Although we may never know if the story is accurate or even possible, London’s remarkable prose makes this a must read.

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Holly La Pat

Beautiful but savage –4-1/2 stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2020

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I loved this book as a kid, and I can remember reading it repeatedly when I was about twelve. Revisiting it as an adult decades later, I appreciated it more, but this time I also wrestled with it—the only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars. The writing is beautiful and Buck is a great character, but the brutality in the story can be hard to take.

Buck is a big domesticated dog who’s stolen from his owner and sold as a sled dog during the Alaskan gold rush. He’s toughened by the harshness of the humans around him, the arduous work of being on a sled team, and most of all by the dogs who are now his peers. He quickly learns to fight back for self-preservation; he eventually learns to kill for dominance. This is the part of the story I remembered clearly.

Oddly, what I didn’t remember was his one bonding relationship with a human. (Until I re-read the novel, I thought the John Thornton character was created for the movies.) Reading as an adult, this part of the story resonated with me much more. Buck is torn between his fierce love for Thornton and the instincts awakened by his experiences in the wild. He even has ancestral memories about life with a primitive man, which I loved. By the end, Buck answers the call of the wild and becomes the legendary leader of a wolf pack, feared and revered by canines and humans alike.

The book has a mythic, almost poetic, feel, and it probably deserves five stars for succeeding at what it sets out to do. But I had trouble with the way violence and cruelty is shown as a rite of passage—arguably, it’s even glorified. That part of my “take” may just be me, or it may be the fact that the book was written in a different time from a different perspective. But “The Call of the Wild” is a classic for a reason, and I’m glad I rediscovered it.

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Hiker

Buck

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2020

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This is truly a classic book and everyone should read it, the main character Buck, a dog and his life and his feelings, his experiences, we all go through this, the writing is simple and clear. It has held up over all these years,

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2021

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I had not read this story before, but it was worth the wait! Buck is a larger than life hero who endures more than any beast should have to bear. I am glad he found his true identity despite the trials and tribulations.

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2020

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I was a sophomore in high school and this book was required reading. When it was released as a movie in 2020, I wanted to see it. I enjoyed the movie, but left feeling that something was missing so I thought that I should reread the book since I’ve been out of high school a year or two 😊. Now I know what was missing and why it was required reading. Oh Harrison, I hope you read it too!

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M D Tuch

violent story by today's standards

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2020

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The classic tale of Buck, the tremendous part-breed (St. Bernard and German Shepard) dog that begins life in soft and sunny California, but is thrust into the dangerous and unknown Yukon territory, and of his man-friend, John Thornton. Written in the ’50s, the prose reflects the values of the time, but makes for more difficult reading today. Several times I had to re-read passages to determine London’s meaning, and this was made worse by the author’s tendency to ramble.

In the end, Buck became a super dog, with abilities that outdid any of his kind, even wolves. Recently a new version of this tale was released into the movie houses. In this case, the movie version was better than the book (a rarity). For my part, all the dog-fighting and brutality took away from the book, although I am sure it reflects accurately the life in those times. I just don’t want to read about it to these lengths. I feel that the story should have pointed to the themes of loyalty and the undying spirit in man’s best friend more than it did.

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DAW

this book is amazing!

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2020

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I am in 4th grade and I just read this book. It was so good I finished it in 2 days. I love how it describes Buck. It shows dogs in a whole new light. I would say it is a very sad book but it is out of this world. I feel that it shows that killing is nature very well. I would recommend tis book to anyone and I hope you feel the same way

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Cos

This old book is worth reading again ....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2020

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I had read this book many years ago, and I felt it was worth reading again. Although some of the language is from a long time ago, the story itself is well worth reading. Even today you can still be moved by the writing. A very good book which I will keep on my kindle.

Hugh

Wonderful. BUY THIS ONE!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2021

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This amazing novel is done justice with some basic typography here. Please don't waste your money on the £2 abomination elsewhere! This is one of the greatest novels ever written.

A. Chaplain

Good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2020

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Revisited from earlier years. Refreshing to re read - new things to see.

Richard Walters

Great story with some wonderful descriptive narrative

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2020

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Great Story