The Call of the Wild and White Fang
  • Published: 1 August 2013
  • ISBN: 9780099582625
  • Imprint: Vintage Children's Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $17.99

The Call of the Wild and White Fang

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1 Aug 2013
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6 Jun 2013
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30 Sep 2012
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7 Sep 2010
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A thrilling tale of Buck's fight for survival and rise to become leader of the pack, presented here with companion novel White Fang.

‘Mush on!’

Buck does not read the newspapers. If he had, he’d have known that for good strong dogs like himself trouble is brewing. Man has found gold and because of that Buck is kidnapped and dragged away from his sunny home to become a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing North. With strength, imagination and cunning on his side Buck must fight for survival. But will he ever trust Man again?

This book also includes White Fang a story about a wild young cub, part dog and part wolf.

Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can find out if you’re a wild wolf or a faithful dog and learn more about the Arctic gold rush!

Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
  • Published: 1 August 2013
  • ISBN: 9780099582625
  • Imprint: Vintage Children's Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $17.99
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About the author

Jack London

Jack London was born into poverty in San Francisco in 1876. Before his success as a novelist, London spent a lot of time avoiding a life as a manual worker and, in the process, experienced many things that became central to his plots. He ran away from home, bought a sailing boat and became an oyster pirate - a story recounted in John Barleycorn. His best-known novel, The Call of the Wild, was drawn from his own experience of the Klondike Gold Rush, a time that would inspire many of London's short stories as well. London became addicted to writing after winning a short story competition in the San Francisco Morning Call in 1893. It earned London $25, the equivalent of a month's wages. Dozens of books followed - including John Barleycorn (1913), The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906). He published an average of three or four books a year. He died in 1916.

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Praise for The Call of the Wild and White Fang

Enthralling

Herald

I can't celebrate the romantic ideas or the killing of savages in this book. But I can say I'm fascinated by it and that I find it worth going back to. It's a story which has gained its own life and will probably be with us for as long as we're reading books

David Vann, Daily Telegraph

A novel of...physical intensity and savage excitement

Sunday Times

Untouched by bookishness... The making and the achievement of such a hero [Buck] constitute, not a pretty story at all, but a very powerful one

The Atlantic Monthly (1903)