Call of the Wild

by Jack London

Book Overview

Part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, Buck is a sturdy crossbreed canine accustomed to a comfortable life as a family dog -- until he's seized from his pampered surroundings and shipped to Alaska to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014240571X
• ISBN13: 9780142405710
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Call of the Wild

This novel is one of the better Illustrated graphic novels published. The artwork created by Alex nino is truly what makes Jack Londons' novel come to life and jump off the page. I enjoyed reading this story once more, and the artwork made it all that more pleasurable. Bill Vann

The Call of the Wild (Man)

'The Call of the Wild' (1903) is generally considered London's best work. London himself was a wild man: drunk heavily, whored, jailed, tramped, poached, prospected - the bastard son of a wandering Irish astrologer. The novel is London's reconciliation with his own feral nature - he eventually killed himself in 1916 with an overdose of morphine - but not before he produced a prodigious amount of work becoming one of the most popular authors of his age. His work is at its best seen as the conflict between animal instinct and intellectual reason, what feels right vs what you know is right.