Of all Jack London's fictions none have been so popular as his dog stories. In addition to The Call of the Wild, the epic tale of a Californian dog's adventures during the Klondike gold rush, this edition includes White Fang, and five famous short stories - 'Batard', 'Moon-Face', 'Brown Wolf', 'That Spot', and 'To Build a Fire.
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"Very good edition with good added material--just what I have been looking for."--J.J. Benson, San Diego State University
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Jack London was born in a poor family and lived a very short life. He had a long list of jobs, writer and journalist were among them. Call of the Wild remains his most famous book. Earle Labor is at Centenary College of Louisiana. Robert C. Leitz is at Louisiana State University, Shreveport.
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Classic stories of nature,
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This collection combines Jack London's classic dog stories: The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and five other shorter works with similar themes and, of course, dogs. These are some of the finest pieces of fiction in American Literature, and as such are must-reads for anyone, though certainly the stories themselves will appeal chiefly to males. The scent of testosterone is all over the stories, stories about men traveling the Yukon in search of gold or delivering the mail, camping in sub-freezing temperatures with little company other than perhaps a partner and a few dogs. The few female characters are generally like Mercedes in The Call of the Wild, utterly unsuited to her environment and even a hindrance.
Still, the stories are universal thematically. They are primarily about nature, and the effect of environment on the development of both humans and animals. Of course, the classic The Call of the Wild is about the faithful pet dog Buck who is stolen to be a sled dog in The Yukon and emerges transformed into a wild dog so in tune with his nature and natural environment that he is known as `The Ghost Dog of the Wilderness' for his ability to stealthily hunt in a way even his fellow wolves cannot top. White Fang flips this proposition on its head and shows us a wild wolf tamed by the love of a man. The shorter stories play variations on the theme, but all relate men and dogs engaged in or against their natural behaviors in some way and to different effects. Another reason these books are so great is because London's prose is simple and clear. (He was a major inspiration of Hemingway's) And the stories are exciting. London does drama well, and this is clearly shown in the early scenes of White Fang, where two men are hunted by a hungry pack of wolves, and in the best of London's short fiction, "To Build a Fire", in which a freezing man fights nature in his attempts to build a fire and thus save his life. This collection is an easy five stars.
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Kill or Be Killed,
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This review is from: The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)
One may not like Jack London as a person because of his strong socialist, and social darwinist, beliefs. But one can't deny his brilliance when it comes to his dog/wolf stories. "Call of the Wild", "White Fang", "Batard", and others are simply stunning. The brutalities of the wild, the slow transformations of the canine protagonists, the realism of humanity: it's all here, and they are what make these stories. I give this book an A+.
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The Call of the Wild, White Fang,
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The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) is a group of exciting adventure stories of dogs and life in Alaska. It has lots of action, and it is a well-known classic. I read it when I was younger, and I remembered enjoying it. So when we decided to go to Alaska this summer, I bought it to make my trip to London's cabin and museum more meaningful. I have not been disappointed.
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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. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White Fang, Gray Beaver, Beauty Smith, Skiff Miller, Jim Hall, John Claverhouse, Sierra Vista, Timothy Brown, Tim Keenan, Santa Clara Valley, Sulphur Creek, San Francisco, Webster Shaw, Fighting Wolf, Henderson Creek, Three Eagles, Walt Irvine, Stephen Mackaye, Fort Yukon, John Hamlin, John Thomton, Lake Bennett, Lost Cabin, Major Dinwiddie, White River New!
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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. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White Fang, Gray Beaver, Beauty Smith, Skiff Miller, Jim Hall, John Claverhouse, Sierra Vista, Timothy Brown, Tim Keenan, Santa Clara Valley, Sulphur Creek, San Francisco, Webster Shaw, Fighting Wolf, Henderson Creek, Three Eagles, Walt Irvine, Stephen Mackaye, Fort Yukon, John Hamlin, John Thomton, Lake Bennett, Lost Cabin, Major Dinwiddie, White River New!
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