The Call of the Wild is Jack London's most popular and enduring work. Set in the frozen wasteland of the Yukon, is tells the story of the magnificent dog Buck, who is a loyal family pet until cruel men steal him and make him a pawn in their feverish search for the gold of the Klondike, Brutally beaten into serving as a sled dog, Buck finds the blood of his wolf ancestors rising within him. Unable to resist the call from the Alaskan wilderness, he breaks free to roam as the leader of a ferocious wolf pack.
Jack London was the most successful writer in America in the early 20th Century. His vigorous stories of men, animals and nature and survival against hardships were drawn mainly from his life experience.
