Kiowa County Public Library District

Records the adventures of a band of four aristocratic Englishmen and their Irish servant on a perilous journey to Canada's gold fields.

Classic tales based upon the special relationships that dogs have with man

Presents twenty-three of Jack London's wilderness tales, which grew from his experiences during the Klondike gold rush, and includes maps and text notes.

First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild borught Jack London international acclaim and a readership that would span generations. Stolen from his comfortable California home, Buck -- a powerful half-St. Bernard, half-Scottish sheepdog -- is shipped to the Klondike and pressed into service as a sled dog. So begins an odyssey in which Buck suffers cruelty and neglect, learns the brutal skills of a survivor, finds a gentle master that he can respect...

The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike goldfields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. Presented in graphic novel format.

In The Call of the Wild, a bold-spirited sheepdog is stolen from his comfortable home and thrust into the rugged, frozen terrain of the Alaskan Klondike. There he is made a sled dog and battles to become his team's leader amid the bitter cold and the savage lawlessness of man and beast. In White Fang, a lone wolf is captured in the frozen wilds of northwest Canada and made to serve human purposes. After enduring cruel abuse, he becomes a force of...

"The Call of the Wild, considered by many London's greatest novel, is a gripping tale of a heroic dog who, thrust into the brutal life af the Alaska Gold Rush, ultimately faces a choice between living in man's world and returning to nature. Adventure and dog-story enthusiasts as well as students and devotees of American literature will find this classic work a thrilling, memorable reading experience"--Cover p. [4].