| The Call of the Wild and Selected Stories Contributor(s): London, Jack (Author), Kershaw, Alex (Introduction by), Hiller, Tobey (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 0451531345 ISBN-13: 9780451531346 Publisher: Signet Book OUR PRICE: $4.46 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: Robust tales of perilous adventure and animal cunning Includes "Diable: A Dog, An Odyssey of the North, To the Man on the Trail, To Build a Fire, " and "Love of Life" Out of the white wilderness, out of the Far North, Jack London, one of Americaas most popular authors, drew the inspiration for the novel and five short stories included here. Swiftly paced and vividly written, they capture the main theme of Londonas work: manas instinctive reversion to primitive behavior when pitted against the brute force of nature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010291600 |
| Series: Signet Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.2" W x 6.6" (0.25 lbs) 208 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 107 Reading Level: 7.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Call of the Wild is Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Harrison Ford Out of the white wilderness, out of the Far North, Jack London, one of America's most popular authors, drew the inspiration for his robust tales of perilous adventure and animal cunning. Swiftly paced and vividly written, the novel and five short stories included here capture the main theme of London's work: the law of the club and the fang--man's instinctive reversion to primitive behavior when pitted against the brute force of nature. Includes The Call of the Wild, Diable: A Dog, An Odyssey of the North, To the Man on the Trail, To Build a Fire, and Love of Life |