The Call of the Wild
TheCalloftheWildisanovelbyJackLondonpublishedin1903.ThestoryissetintheYukonduringthe1890sKlondikeGoldRush—aperiodwhenstrongsleddogswereinhighdemand.Thenovel'scentralcharacterisadognamedBuck,adomesticateddoglivingataranchintheSantaClaraValleyofCaliforniaasthestoryopens.StolenfromhishomeandsoldintoserviceassleddoginAlaska,herevertstoawildstate.Buckisforcedtofightinordertodominateotherdogsinaharshclimate.Eventuallyheshedstheveneerofcivilization,relyingonprimordialinstinctsandlearnedexperiencetoemergeasaleaderinthewild.
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