Call of the Wild
I read the book The Call of the Wild by Jack London. This book was published in 1903 and remains his most famous work, which became best seller. London’s life had as much adventure as any of his stories. On age of 21, he went north, along with thousands of others, to where gold had been struck in Canada. Jack London mined no gold there, but as a writer, he found a wealth of material. He found exactly the right setting for many of the themes that excited him as a young writer, like the themes in The Call of the Wild. This book is foremost a dog story, but it displays a philosophical depth absent in most animal adventures. This book begins with description of Buck, a huge Bernard-Shepard dog, who lives a comfortable life at Judge’s Miller estate in California. As the judge’s favorite dog, he has the run of the whole place, he goes hunting with the judge’s sons and gives the little grandsons rides on his back. But at this time gold was found in the Northland. Thousands of men were rushing there and many sled dogs were needed. One day Buck is sold to dog traders by one of the Judge’s gardeners who had gambling habits. Buck begins a long journey to the North, place f
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Approximate Word count = 788
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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