Buck is a domesticated dog whose wilderness instincts return when he becomes part of the Klondike Gold Rush of the 19th-century. Because the main character is a dog, "Call of the Wild" is often classified as juvenile fiction, but this novel has also appeared on many adult reader lists of favorite literary classics.
There have been several film and television productions of "Call of the Wild", featuring famous Hollywood celebrities like Clark Gable, Loretta Young and Charlton Heston.
As a young boy, I became hooked on the writings of Jack London. At the time, he seemed to me to be the only one that could bring to life a story of the great outdoors. This book in particular opened up a love for the outdoors that's never gone away. Not only that, his characters seemed real, but bigger then life at the same time. I would place him as one of my top ten authors.
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