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Cover of “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London

The Call of the Wild

Jack London · 1903

160 pages

Stolen from a comfortable California home, the dog Buck is sold into the Klondike gold rush and forced to haul sleds through frozen wilderness. Amid cruelty and hardship he discovers a wildness within himself that calls him away from men.

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Survival, Coming of Age, Wild West

Content warnings: animal death

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