The Call of the Wild
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overview
The Call of the Wild is a short 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. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.
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I. INTO THE PRIMITIVE
II. THE LAW OF CLUB AND FANG
III. THE DOMINANT PRIMORDIAL BEAST
IV. WHO HAS WON TO MASTERSHIP
V. THE TOIL OF TRACE AND TRAIL
VI. FOR THE LOVE OF A MAN
VII. THE SOUNDING OF THE CALL