Among his books, Several More Lives to Live: Thoreaus Political Reputation in America was awarded the Ralph Henry Gabriel Prize by the American Studies Association. Michael Meyer, Ph.D., is professor of English at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of a number of books, including The True Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Prophetic Waters: The River in Early American Life. John Seelye is a leading American Studies scholar and Graduate Research Professor of American literature at the University of Florida at Gainesville. The eternal traveler, London served as a correspondent in Japan and Mexico and sailed his own ketch to the Solomon Islands before his death. Then came his bestselling novel The Call of the Wild (1903) and the beginning of the years that were to bring him wealth and worldwide popularity. Two more volumes of Yukon short stories, a juvenile novel, and a Klondike novel followed in rapid succession.

In 1900, his collection of short stories The Son of the Wolf was published. In 1897, when gold was discovered in the Klondike, he obtained a grubstake and spent a freezing, fruitless winter in the Far North by spring he was ready to return home to write. Jack London (1876-1916) spent his youth on the waters of San Francisco Bay.

But what makes The Call of the Wild and White Fang two masterpieces of American literature is Jack Londons special knowledge of the Yukon and of the behavior of humans facing nature at its cruelest, the fascinating lore of the wolf pack, and the ways of the Wild itself. Each novel is filled with action and suspense. By contrast, White Fang tells the story of a magnificent wolf dog born wild and free who struggles to survive and is transformed from a ferocious beast to a 'blessed wolf,' capable of great, uncompromising love. The Call of the Wild features a gentle domestic dog driven by the cruelty of man to abandon civilization and return to the wilderness. The biting cold and the aching silence of the far North become an unforgettable backdrop for Jack Londons vivid, rousing, superbly realistic wilderness classics. Timeless tales of wolves, dogs, men, and the Wild, The Call of the Wild and White Fang are two of the worlds greatest adventure stories. The Call of the Wild is Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Harrison Ford!

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