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. 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 almost a year in the 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.
| Author | Jack London |
| Illustrator | Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull |
| Set in | Santa Clara Valley and the Yukon, c. 1896–99 |
| Publisher | Macmillan |
| Followed by | White Fang |
| Text | ' at Wikisource |
About The Call of the Wild
Drama/adventure film set during the Klondike Gold Rush. A dog named Buck embarks upon the adventure of a lifetime with his new friend John Thornton.
Achievement of The Call of the Wild
The film is based on the 1903 Jack London novel of the same name. During its original box office run, the film brought in $107.3 million.
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Novels by Jack London.. Klondike Gold Rush in fiction.. Novels set in Yukon.. Works originally published in The Saturday Evening Post.. American adventure novels.. Novels adapted into comics.
Latest information about The Call of the Wild updated on July 28 2021.
