The Call of the Wild

Literary Classics

A short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska.

Chapter I.Into the Primitive Chapter II. The Law of Club and Fang Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership Chapter V.The Toil of Trace Chapter VI. For the Love of a Man Chapter VII. The Sounding of the Call