The Call of the Wild is an 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. He becomes progressively more primitive and wild in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.

London spent about a year in Yukon, and his observations form much of the material for the book. The story was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post in the summer of 1903 and was published later that year in book form. The book's great popularity and success made a reputation for London. As early as 1923, the story was adapted to film, and it has since seen several more cinematic adaptations.

One of the more notable earlier films was filmed in 1935, starring Clark Gable and Loretta Young, as well as Frank Conroy and Jack Oakie. Considerable liberties were taken with the story line.

The next morning, Francois discovers Spitz missing and Buck covered with wounds. The dog-driver harnesses the dogs. Buck trots over to the space Spitz used to occupy, but Francois does not notice him and harnesses Sol-leks to the lead position. Buck lunges at Sol-leks, but Francois drags him away by the scruff of the neck. Sol-leks shows that he is afraid of Buck and does not mind giving up the position, but Francois comes back with the club. Buck retreats but then refuses to take his old position—he is making it clear, Francois realizes, that he thinks that he has earned the lead position and will be satisfied with nothing less.

Chapter 3: Buck is blind sided by Spitz as their camp is attacked by a horde of wild and starving dogs. Becoming more and more a wild animal himself. Buck looks for the right opportunity to settle matters with Spitz.

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Chapter 2: Buck becomes a sled dog in Alaska and quickly has to learn how to survive the other dogs and the brutal cold.

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THE CALL OF THE WILD (CHAPTER ONE) #JackLondon #thecallofthewild This Jack London classic tells the story of a dog named Buck who is kidnapped from his home in California and sold as a potential sled dog to Alaskan mail packers. In this opening chapter, Buck is beaten mercilessly by one of his handlers, making this chapter unsuitable for young children, and rough on adults as well, but it is important to the story and to Buck's metamorphasis from a gentle family dog to a creature of the wild. He is bought by an Alaskan mail carrier and learns to work on a sled team of nine dogs, learning how to survive both the dogs and the harsh environment. London is an expert at attaching human qualities to the dogs, showing them to be equally brutal as some humans, and painting a picture of the beautiful but deadly Alaskan landscape. Ever wonder why some pet dogs "make a nest" before they retire for sleep? That goes back to prehistoric times, and you'll discover the answer within the first three chapters. Buck, later in the story, finally escapes and survives in the wild until he is rescued by a kind man, who becomes his friend. It is an incredible story, told from Buck's point of view.

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"A Daughter of the Aurora" by Jack London: Joy Molineau was half-French, half-Indian, and all knowing when it came to winning her man. She had one in mind, but wasn't quite sure if he could meet her standards- so she arranged a test of steel to see if he had what it takes....

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Why You Should Read... The Unexpected by Jack London
Short review by Evan C. Lewis
“The Unexpected is true to its name, full of twists and turns.”
The Unexpected is true to its name, full of twists and turns. But these surprises don’t just come in the form of dramatic plot events, they also come in an unexpected change of tone. Because, while in the beginning, the story seems set to become a thriller, it instead becomes a literary piece on morality and willpower.

This is the best of Jack London using hardship to test his protagonist. Rather than the central tension revolving around the protagonist fighting her adversity, it revolves around her struggle to keep to her morals while doing so. She makes an ethical decision to do something the right way, despite everything pushing her to take the easy way out. It’s interesting, perhaps not very surprising, that this narrative choice would occur in one of the very few stories of the earliest 20th century with a female protagonist.

Similar to Jack London’s survival adventures such as To Build a Fire and Love of Life, the story is filled with exhaustion, hunger, cold and pain. But in The Unexpected, it mostly takes place inside of a cabin with the forces behind the suffering, rather than being wind, snow, and sickness; being other people.

The unexpected pushes forward an idea that life should be a struggle. As tumultuous and traumatising as the protagonist Edith’s life is shown to be, the introduction philosophises that it is a much more human, much more worthwhile life to lead than one of complacency.

But the ending paints no clear picture, with no sign of heroic triumph or a return to safety. Life goes on, it seems to say. Whether you like it or not.

“The effect of civilization is to impose human law upon environment until it becomes machine-like in its regularity.” - The Narrator

But the Great Unexpected was yet to come into her life and put its test upon her.