The Call of the Wild

Name: The Call of the Wild
Author: Jack London
ISBN: 9781973472001

by Jack London

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Originally published by Macmillan Inc.

The Call of the Wild is an adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska.

First published 1903240 pages

813

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 10
Editions known: 400

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 813813.4[Fic]813.5203
Library of Congress (LCC): PS3523.O46C3 1999PS3523.O46 C3 2000PZ0010.30000000.L8525 Cal 2014PZ0003.L846 C 2

Subjects

813/.52Action & AdventureAdventure and adventurersAdventure and adventurers, fictionAdventure storiesAdventure stories, americanAdventure stories, american--history and criticismAlaska, fictionAmerican Adventure storiesAmerican Nature storiesAmerican fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)

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ISBN 9781973472001English

DATE DUE

First published1903

Film adaptation1923

Film adaptation1935

Film adaptation1972

TV adaptation1976

TV adaptation1993

TV adaptation1997

Film adaptation2009

Film adaptation2020