Jack London

Collection of nine stories about life in the Yukon.

Buck, a part-St. Bernard, part-Scotch shepherd, is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually reverts to the wild and becomes the leader of a wolf pack. Includes a concluding chapter, published as a short story in "Success" magazine in 1907.

Like the characters in the popular dime novels of the time, London's heroes display such manly virtues as courage, loyalty, and steadfastness as they conftont the merciless frozen expanses of the north. Yet London breaks free of stereotypical figures and one-dimensional plots to explore deeper psychological and social questions of self-mastery, masculinity, and racial domination. The uneasy relationship between the Native Americans and whites lies...

Buck, a dog that has been forced into the harsh life of a sled dog, befriends a man seeking his fortune in the Klondike gold fields, and must ultimately decide whether to stay with his master or obey his instinct to join the wolves.

In these classic tales of the Yukon, a sled dog and a wolf struggle to suppress their wild instincts to serve their human masters. Two classic tales of dogs, one part wolf and one a Saint Bernard/Scotch shepherd mix that becomes leader of a wolf pack, as they have adventures in the Yukon wilderness with both humans and other animals.