Keywords: The Call of the Wild, Jack London, Fiction
A Klondike tale of the noble hearted dog, Buck, who falls victim to the gold rush fever of the 1890's is heart-wrenching as told by Jack London. "Every hour was filled with shock and surprise. He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial... Here was neither peace, nor rest, nor a moment's safety. All was confusion and action, and every moment life and limb were in peril. There was imperative need to be constantly alert; for these dogs and men were not town dogs and men. They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of club and fang."
Project Gutenberg February 1995 etext of "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London.