| White Fang/The Call of the Wild Contributor(s): London, Jack (Author), Lee, John (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786173653 ISBN-13: 9780786173655 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: THE CALL OF THE WILD is the story of a bold-spirited dog, half St. Bernard and half Scottish shepherd, who is stripped from his comfortable life on a California estate and thrust into the rugged terrain of the Klondike. There he is made a sledge dog and battles to become his team's leader and the devoted servant of John Thornton, a man who shows him kindness amid the bitter cold and the savage lawlessness of man and beast. Jack London's adventurous nature and his superb ability as a storyteller give these tales striking vitality and force. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.36" W x 7.52" (0.21 lbs) 1 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Jack London's adventurous nature, intuitive feeling for animal life, and superb storytelling skills give his tales a striking vitality and force. Thrilling action and a sense of justice characterize the classic stories in this collection. White Fang In the desolate, frozen wilds of northwest Canada, a lone wolf fights the heroic daily fight for life in the wild. But after he is captured and cruelly abused by men, he becomes a force of pure rage. Only one man sees inside the killer to his intelligence and nobility. But can his kindness touch White Fang? The Call of the Wild A bold-spirited dog named Buck is stripped from his comfortable life on a California estate and thrust into the rugged terrain of the Klondike. There he is made a sled dog and battles to become his team's leader, as well as the devoted servant of John Thornton, a man who shows him kindness amid the savage lawlessness of man and beast. |
Contributor Bio(s): London, Jack: - Jack London (1876-1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. Before making a living at his writing, he spent time as an oyster pirate, a sailor, a cannery worker, a gold miner, and a journalist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction writing. He is best known for his novels The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set during the Klondike gold rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire," "An Odyssey of the North," and "Love of Life." He also wrote of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen." He was a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers and wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics, including The Iron Heel, The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes. Lee, John: -John Lee, a stage actor and writer and a coproducer of feature films, has narrated more than one hundred audiobooks of every conceivable genre, earning some three dozen Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award. |