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    The Call of the Wild
    The Call of the Wild
    The Call of the Wild
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    The Call of the Wild

    By Jack London

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    The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike 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.
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks on Demand
    Release dateMay 2, 2019
    ISBN9783734741395
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    Jack London

    Jack London was born in San Francisco in 1876, and was a prolific and successful writer until his death in 1916. During his lifetime he wrote novels, short stories and essays, and is best known for ‘The Call of the Wild’ and ‘White Fang’.

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