Call of the Wild
Particularly for American readers, the tendency has been to dwell upon London's heroic physical exploits, love life, drinking, and death. London is still probably the most popular American writer in the world, having been translated into more than eighty languages. But his readers abroad do not seem to be as focused upon his biography as they are his writings, a considerable variety of which remain in print when they have been long out of print here in the United States. His foreign reputation as well as the ubiquitous appearance of certain works in any American bookstore suggests that an interesting and even conflicted life alone cannot sell so many books. London's life is attractive and important, but so are the works he spent that life writing. And whether in the United States or abroad, it seems that the more one reads of his work, the more complex a version of his life one is willing to entertain; the reverse, of course, is also true, so that the most exaggerated versions of London come from those who have read the fewest of his works. His use of themes such as the need for social values, and improvement in society helps to create his realistic stories. On its simplest, most superficial and insensitive level, The Call of t
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Ernest Everhard, Particularly American, Iron Heel, White Fang, London America's, Fang London's, Jack Londons, iron heel, Avis Everhard, white fang, Call Wild, call wild,
Approximate Word count = 822
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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