Call of the Wild and White Fang
Language: English
Action & Adventure Adventure Animals Classics Coming of Age Fiction Historical Juvenile Fiction Survival & Emergency Preparedness Thriller & Suspense Young Adult
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: Jan 1, 1906
Description:
&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&RThe Call of the Wild and White Fang&&L/I&&R, by &&LSTRONG&&RJack London&&L/B&&R, is part of the &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R&&LI&&R &&L/I&&Rseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R: &&LDIV&&R
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/I&&Rpulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works.&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LSTRONG&&R&&L/B&&R &&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LSTRONG&&RJack London&&L/B&&R’s two greatest novels, &&LI&&RThe Call of the Wild&&L/I&&R and &&LI&&RWhite Fang&&L/I&&R—originally intended as companions—are here compiled in one volume. &&LI&&RThe Call of the Wild&&L/I&&R centers on a domesticated dog, Buck, who is kidnapped and sold to Klondike gold hunters. To survive Buck must listen to the Call and learn the ways of his wolf-ancestors, who guide him from within.&&LBR&&R&&LBR&&R&&LI&&RWhite Fang&&L/I&&R tells the story of a half-wolf, half-dog nearly destroyed by the vicious cruelty of men. Brought to the very brink of his existence, White Fang is lucky enough to experience the one thing that can save him—human love. &&LBR&&R&&LBR&&RAdventurer and activist, philosopher and alcoholic, Jack London was a man of great contradictions and greater talent. Both of these novels are written in a simple, direct, and powerful style that decades of readers have admired and that writers have imitated.&&LBR&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&R&&LSTRONG&&R&&L/B&&R &&L/P&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&R&&LSTRONG&&RTina Gianquitto&&L/B&&R&&L/B&&R holds a Ph.D. in American Literature from Columbia University and currently teaches at The College of the Mines in Colorado.&&L/P&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R
Jack London’s The Call of the Wild and White Fang are both adventure stories featuring animal protagonistsa sled dog named Buck and the appropriately named White Fang. Partially told from the perspective of the dogs, these stories gave London the opportunity to explore and predict how animals perceive our world. Buck was Judge Miller’s pet and lived happily in Santa Clara Valley, California. Until one day, when he’s kidnapped by the gardener’s assistant and sold to traders. Eventually he ends up in the Klondike region of Canada, where he is trained to become a sled dog. After he witnesses a fellow sled dog killed by a pack of huskies, Buck starts to shed his domesticated habits and embrace his primordial instincts in order to survive.
White Fang , in a similar vein, tells the tale of another caninea young gray wolf cub who is the strongest of his litter. As he grows, White Fang begins to understand the nature of the wildernessthat it is survival of the fittest: "The aim of life was meat. Life itself was meat. Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten. The law was: EAT OR BE EATEN.” After wandering into an Indian camp, losing his mother, being severely beaten, and being forced into dog-fighting, his life is forever changed as he struggles to find his place in the animal kingdom.
In these classic novels, London explores the remarkable relationship between man and beast.