The Call of the Wild, White Fang & to Build a Fire Paperback - 1998
by Jack London; Introduction by E. L. Doctorow
London's epic of the great outdoors from 1903 tells the story of Buck, a dog taken from his safe home and thrust into the brutal Arctic north of the Yukon wilderness. It is published with the novel "White Fang", the story of an abused wolf-dog, and the marvelously desolate short story, "To Build a Fire".
From the rear cover
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Canada $10.95 To this day Jack London is the most widely read American writer in the world," E. L. Doctorow wrote in The New York Times Book Review. Generally considered to be London's greatest achievement, The Call of the Wild brought him international acclaim when it was published in 1903. His story of the dog Buck, who learns to survive in the bleak Yukon wilderness, is viewed by many as his symbolic autobiography. "No other popular writer of his time did any better writing than you will find in The Call of the Wild," said H. L. Mencken. "Here, indeed, are all the elements of sound fiction."
White Fang (1906), which London conceived as a "complete antithesis and companion piece to The Call of the Wild," is the tale of an abused wolf-dog tamed by exposure to civilization. Also included in this volume is "To Build a Fire," a marvelously desolate short story set in the Klondike, but containing all the elements of a classic Greek tragedy. "The quintessential Jack London is in the on-rushing compulsive-ness of his northern stories," noted James Dickey. "Few men have more convincingly examined the connection between the creative powers of the individual writer and the unconscious drive to breed and to survive, found in the natural world. . . . London is in and committed to his creations to a degree very nearly unparalleled in the composition of fiction."
From the jacket flap
Fiction U.S.A. $7.95
Canada $10.95 To this day Jack London is the most widely read American writer in the world," E. L. Doctorow wrote in The New York Times Book Review. Generally considered to be London's greatest achievement, The Call of the Wild brought him international acclaim when it was published in 1903. His story of the dog Buck, who learns to survive in the bleak Yukon wilderness, is viewed by many as his symbolic autobiography. "No other popular writer of his time did any better writing than you will find in The Call of the Wild," said H. L. Mencken. "Here, indeed, are all the elements of sound fiction."
White Fang (1906), which London conceived as a "complete antithesis and companion piece to The Call of the Wild," is the tale of an abused wolf-dog tamed by exposure to civilization. Also included in this volume is "To Build a Fire," a marvelously desolate short story set in the Klondike, but containing all the elements of a classic Greek tragedy. "The quintessential Jack London is in the on-rushing compulsive-ness of his northern stories," noted James Dickey. "Few men have more convincingly examined the connection between the creative powers of the individual writer and the unconscious drive to breed and to survive, found in the natural world. . . . London is in and committed to his creations to a degree very nearly unparalleled in the composition of fiction."
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- Title The Call of the Wild, White Fang & to Build a Fire
- Author Jack London; Introduction by E. L. Doctorow
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Modern Library, New York
- Date 1998-09-14
- ISBN 9780375752513 / 037575251X
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 7.99 x 5.32 x 0.63 in (20.29 x 13.51 x 1.60 cm)
- Reading level 990
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Cultural Region: Canadian
- Geographic Orientation: Yukon
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Adventure stories, American, Wolves - Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001044968
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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