The Call of the Wild:• With a picture of Jack London, a detailed biography of him is added.• All content is redone in a new style, with the author's name and the title of the novel at the top.• For a better glance, a small graphic is added at the beginning of each chapter.The Call of the Wild, first published in 1903, is widely considered to be Jack London's masterpiece. The Call of the Wild is a story about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the freezing Alaskan Klondike, based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his thoughts on nature and the struggle for survival.
Chapter 1 Into the Primitive"OLD LONGINGS NOMADIC leap, Chafing at custom's chain; Again from its brumal sleep Wakens the ferine strain." 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. Buck lived at a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. Judge Miller's place, it was calle