The call of the wild E-Book

Jack London

• Herausgeber: Passerino Editore
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

"The Call of the Wild" is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush—a period in which strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into service as sled dog in Alaska, he reverts to a wild state. Buck is forced to fight in order to dominate other dogs in a harsh climate.   The author John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist.

Leseprobe

Jack London

The Sky is the limit

ISBN: 9788899447373

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Table of contents

CHAPTER I - INTO THE PRIMITIVE

CHAPTER II - THE LAW OF CLUB AND FANG

CHAPTER III - THE DOMINANT PRIMORDIAL BEAST

CHAPTER IV - WHO HAS WON TO MASTERSHIP

CHAPTER V - THE TOIL OF TRACE AND TRAIL

CHAPTER VI - FOR THE LOVE OF A MAN

CHAPTER VII - THE SOUNDING OF THE CALL

Credits

Jack London

The Call of the Wild

(1903)

CHAPTER I - INTO THE PRIMITIVE

Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego. Because men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland. These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.