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The Call of the Wild (Aladdin Classics)

Jack London

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Total reviews: 54 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

This book teaches so much... 4 out of 5 stars.
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I read this book over and over as a child and after reading it again this past week, I see so much value in it. A story told from a dog's point of view, it teaches children empathy for animals and that value cannot be overrated. One might make the mistake of thinking that because it is written from the dog's POV, it is trite or cutesy...it's not. It is gritty and realistic, emphasizing how a man's character can often be revealed in the manner he treats animals.

A rollicking adventure from start to finish, expect to cry and be overjoyed as you read. I would recommend that you read it before giving it to a child, just to make sure it is age appropriate for their developmental stage.

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First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike.

White Fang (Scholastic Classics)

Jack London

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Total reviews: 146 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

A Wonderful Read 5 out of 5 stars.
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This a great book to read because I remember reading it as a kid. I liked the book so much that I read it twice. There was also a dog that I used to have that kind of looked like the main character, but he was a huskey. Also, I would recommend this book to anyone.

Great Book - which I suspect is a metaphor for Jack London's inner life 4 out of 5 stars.
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I suspect that White Fang is really a disguised tale about Jack London's inner emotional life, and particularly his childhood. I don't know too much about London, so this is only speculation, and his biography would probably give better clues, though so often biographers idealize their subjects' childhoods - and gloss over the more painful emotional dynamics.

So the dynamics I sensed, and you may know better than I how they parallel Jack London's life: White Fang (= Jack London), abused and neglected as a puppy (= Little Jack), born outside any conventionally accepting community, somewhat loved and then abandoned by his mostly-wolf mother, fully abandoned by his wolf father after his birth because of mother's behavior, raised in isolation, treated consistently cruelly by the world and became tough as nails and aloof and independent to defend himself against this cruelty (= London splitting off emotionally to keep his identity and inner strength), never unconditionally loved by anyone so he became a frustrated and angry creature, but kept his sense of himself somehow, and fought for what he believed in.

Passed around from owner to owner, treated progressively worse by each (adults and society massively failed London again and again), and used him for their sick purposes, to the point of nearly killing him, until one man finally rescues him and loves him and nurses him back to health - and teaches him the meaning of love. White Fang is then redeemed, and ultimately becomes a beloved member of a family, a hero, and a loving father of puppies of his own.

I suspected this last part of the book was Jack London's hidden fantasy for how he wanted his own life to turn out - to finally become non-emotionally isolated, loved and accepted by a family system, and essentially "normal." Didn't he instead die in his early forties, a miserable, lost and embittered alcoholic?

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With an introduction from award winning K.A. Applegate, White Fang is one of London's classic tales of survival and one of his most popular stories. White Fang is part dog, part wolf, and the lone survivor of his family. In his lonely world, he soon learns to follow the law of the North--kill or be killed.

Sea Wolf

Jack London

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Seawolf 2 out of 5 stars.
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My son needed this book for assigned reading at school. The book quality itself is as with any new book, perfect. As for the story line, like I said, it was assigned reading. Jack London has written some classic stories, but I can't say they are considered to be among the books that your child "just can't put down" while reading.. (except for the fact that we won't let them put it down until they are done with the assignment) My son is in 6th grade, but I believe this book is most likely for 8th grade or higher when given as assigned reading for school, since he goes to a gifted school. They typically read books 2 - 3 grade years ahead in his classes. It will go on the book shelf in our home library among the classics, though not among the most cherished for enjoyment.

One of my favorites 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Sea Wolf contains familiar themes of other Jack London books. Man (or animal) from a comfortable background thrown into in a life and death struggle with the forces of nature due to a bad twist of fate.

Also the Wolf Larsen characters philosophizing in this book led many to believe that the book Might is Right (which Anton Lavey later plaigarized and renamed The Satanic Bible) was ghostwritten by Jack London. I dont believe London wrote Might is Right because after doing the math he would have had to have been a teenager when he wrote it however I do think its possible that he read it and the rants in it may have influenced him and his creation of Wolf Larsen. I saw a documentary on Lavey where he talked about what a profound influence the Wolf Larsen character in the Sea Wolf was on his own personal outlook.

Overall this is one of my favorite books. Anybody that appreciates Jack Londons other work should read this.

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The compelling novel of the long and perilous sea voyage of Wolf Larsen, the fascinating and repelling captain of the ship Ghost, and his reluctant crewman Humphrey Van Weyden.

The Call of the Wild (Whole Story)

Jack London, Philippe Munch

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Jack London - Part Prolific Novelist, Part Wolf 5 out of 5 stars.
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After reading "The Call of the Wild" or more precisely, after being transferred to another place and time, or even more to the point after being totally submerged into the being of this animal, I'm left completely awe-struck by London's work.

To see what Buck saw, to feel the forces and the instincts that he felt... that is the power of this book. Here's a passage from the third chaper to illustrate what I mean:

"At the mouth of the Tahkeena, one night after super, Dub (a member of the sled-dog team) turned up a snowshoe rabbit, blundered it, and missed. A hundred yards away was a camp of the Northwest Police, with fifty dogs, huskies all, who joined the chase. The rabbit sped down the river, turned off into a small creek, up the frozen bed of which it held steadily. It ran lightly on the surface of the snow, while the dogs plowed through by main strength. Buck led the pack, sixty strong, around bend after bend, but he could not gain. He lay down low to the race, whining eagerly, his splendid body flashing forward, leap by leap, in the wan white moonlight. And leap by leap, like some pale frost wraith, the snowshoe rabbit flashed on ahead.

All the stirring of old instincts which at stated periods drives men out from the sounding cities to forest and plain to kill things by chemically propelled leaden pellets, the blood lust, the joy to kill--all this was Buck's, only it was infinitely more intimate. He was ranging at the head of the pack, running the wild thing down, the living meat, to kill with his own teeth and wash his muzzle to the eyes in warm blood.

There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flame; it comes to the soldier, war-mad on a stricken field and refusing quarter; it came to Buck, leading the pack, sounding the old wolf-cry, straining after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the moonlight. He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time. He as mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars and over the face of dead matter that did not move."

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The courageous dog Buck's struggle to survive and the great gold rush in Klondike, Alaska, are integral parts of The Call of the Wild.

The Call of the Wild and White Fang (Unabridged Classics)

Jack London

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Total reviews: 18 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

The Gory Truth of Call of the Wild 2 out of 5 stars.
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I highly recrecommend Call of the Wild to Sick minded people who do nothing but sit around all day playing bloody gore war games rated M. There is a bloody graphic death every chapter! YAY! OH! And who could forget the gory fight scences? Eptic blood battles with the moral being winners kill and loosers show mercy! What an important life lesson! And the PAIN!! How can life go on without PAIN? Broken bones, body slashes, club beatings, and, best of all, freezing to death!!! Ah, What a life! In conclusion, I prefer MY games rated E for everyone.

Call Of The Wild Review 4 out of 5 stars.
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This is a compelling tale of a dog named Buck taken from his home and used to find gold. Sometimes there could be a funny moment but most of the time you can see the cruel abuse people give to dogs and other animals. Buck is a true survivor and he makes it through that perilous journey. You should read this book and you will be at the edge of your seat all through it. A lot of deaths happen in this story so if you really do not like animal abuse I wouldn't recommend it to you. I can't tell you the whole story because I don't want to give you away one detail that might spoil the end or any other good things that happen. Read it and you'll find out how a dog named Buck survived!

Editorial Review:

Two of Jack London’s best-loved masterpieces, in their entirety. Call of the Wild tells a compelling tale of adventure during the Yukon Gold Rush, and fully captures the unquenchable spirit of Buck, a kidnapped dog trying to survive in the harshest of environments. Also set in Alaska, the powerful White Fang follows the often savage life of the magnificent title character, a mix of wolf and dog.

The Call of the Wild

Jack London, Andrew Davidson, Jean Craighead George

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The call of the wild 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Call of the Wild
By Cody Dale
It was about a dog named Buck living with his master Judge Miller. He had a good home. But was kid napped by a bad man who sold him to a dog sled team. Buck has to learn to survive the extremely cold weather and the other savage dogs. The leader of the dogs is a mean strong dog. Buck beats the dog in a fight and becomes lead dog. But then he is sold to become a mail carrier he does the best he can. But then he is sold to two bad people who don't know the first thing about taking care of dogs. Then he gets away from them and finds a good master. They become friends. But then his master is killed by savages so Buck meets up with a pack of wolves and finally answers the call wild.
This is a great book because it was a lot of action I would recommend this book to a friend.

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Buck is a dog born to luxury, but his life changes dramatically when he is sold to be a sled dog in the Yukon Terrority. First published in 1903, this masterpiece of adventure and survival continues to enthrall readers almost a century later.

The Call of the Wild (Great Illustrated Classics)

Jack London

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Total reviews: 21 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Its a dog's life. 4 out of 5 stars.
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Jack London's style is very captivating. I finished it in one sitting, as it is pretty short novel and too gripping. There are least two strong messages in this magnificent story, adaptation is probably the greatest asset to lead and also we have a propensity to give in to our ancient savage instinct. If you are strong like Buck, the central character, no matter where, you will lead and leave your legacy. Also the dark side of the story is our real calling; though we have been evolved (genetically or socially or both--have it your way) to be civilized, we still hear the call of the wild from our ancient fathers. Why four stars not five? The lives of Native Americans (Yeehats--though a fictional tribe) does reflect much regard, may be because it was written a hundred years ago. I really do not suggest Jack London was racist, the scene seemed little unfairly graphic. Read the book by all means.

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Stolen from his family, a dog named Buck must quickly learn the harsh law of survival among the men and dogs of the goldcrazed North. With an introduction by award-winning author, Avi.

White Fang (Aladdin Classics)

Jack London

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A Classic 5 out of 5 stars.
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White Fang was one of my favorites growing up. It is a classic tale of devotion and nature vs nuture!

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Jack London's adventure masterpiece is not only a vivid account of the Klondike gold rush and North American Indian life, but it is also an intriguing study of the effects different environments have on an individual. Celebrate the centennial anniversary of the classic tale of a wolf-dog who endures great cruelty before he comes to know human kindness.

To Build a Fire and Other Stories

Jack London

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Mixed Bag of Stories 3 out of 5 stars.
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London is a tremendously talented writer and his understanding of life matches his tremendous knowledge of the snow-enshrouded world of the upper latitudes. His writing can be beautiful, poignant, and powerful, yet also somber, morose, and infinitely real. However, in this collection, his Klondike stories stand out above all the others: "The League of the Old Men," "Love of Life," and the titular "To Build a Fire." These stories are the worthy stories, the others much less so hence the title of this review and my 3-star rating.

Years after reading this collection, what stood out was London's real, visceral language and description in "To Build a Fire." This is hard to forget, as is the blisful ignorance that characterizes the protagonist. London seems to be saying that we must respect and understand nature in order to survive and prosper. The protagonist's demise is more a shame than a tragedy because of his lack of understanding and appreciation for the harsh realities of his environment. Bottom line, those who refuse to give in to their lowest instincts and who do not truly respect nature do not survive.

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This collection of 25 Jack London stories includes a dozen of his vivid Klondike stories.

The Best Short Stories of Jack London

Jack London

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One of the few books that has "The Story of Keesh" 5 out of 5 stars.
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Has some hard to find stories that I like.

Excellent Writing. 5 out of 5 stars.
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Occasionally a writer creates a story that is both horrible and wonderful; TO BUILD A FIRE is one of these stories. Reading it I thought of some negative criticism I had recently read about London's writing. I think the critic is full of it. TO BUILD A FIRE and much of London's writing is high octane, powerful stuff.

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"Raw and Raked, Wild and Free..."

...that was the way Jack London saw life, and the more he lived it the more enamored of it he became. "All I saw," he once wrote, "was glamor of conquest, of scarlet adventure and yellow gold. ...The life was brave and wild, and I was living the adventure I had read so much about."

Brilliant, poetic, swift with violence and action, his stories clearly illustrate the unique spirit of his unbridled genius. Critics admitted that the young firebrand -- "while frightfully primitive" -- was challenging Poe, Kipling and Melville as a one-in-a-million storyteller. The tales in this volume have been thrilling readers for nearly half a century.