The Call of the Wild

This is an adventure-packed story of a gold prospector and his tough sled dog in the northern wilderness of Canada.

Refused to read this when I should have thinking this was not my cup of tea...how wrong I was and how wonderful to have such a treat now.

It was not much of a pleasant read that consisted mostly of dogfights. Since I am not much of an animal person, only the survivalism appealed to me. London's classic is although the pioneering tale which concludes with the saying "Kill or be killed!"

I'm not sure why but I wasn't really looking forward to reading this, I guess the subject didn't really seem like my sort of thing. I was pleasantly surprised though, I really liked it and found myself nearly finishing it in one sitting!

There is someting chilling in this story of the stolen dog who is sold into a state of 'slavery' and his transformation from southlander dog to leader of the pack. There is an obvious element of survival of the fittest in this story but sometimes the attribution of human like thought processes to Buck is a little unbelievable. Still a good read but hard at times for a dog lover to take.

I read this book and I thought that this was White Fang but goes from domestication to the wild.

In my opinion, this book is not worth all the hype it has enjoyed for decades. I liked it, but definitely didn't love it. I am a woman and maybe this is more of a man's book? I find Jack London's style way too repetitive and boring.

White Fang was better.

I simply adore Jack London's writing style. Call of the wild is one of my favorite books....if you've read this you should also read his book "White Fang".....which in my opinion is even better than this one....

In Jack London's classic tale of the Alaskan wilderness, a sled dog, Buck, is forced to question his nature and decide if he is meant to pull a sledge across the barren Alaskan landscape or break free and live amongst the wolves. This story is relatively short, so I won't really go into detail, but I will say that London's atmospheric storytelling and visceral descriptions of events create a fantastic journey into a stark environment and desolate landscape that few of us will ever really see or experience.