The Call of The Wild
by Jack London
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Book Near Mint. Fine, bound in Leatherette, a coated cloth material, accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gil/No dj as issued
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The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He progressively reverts to a wild state in the harsh climate, where he is forced to fight to dominate other dogs....
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Franklin Library Edition all have; High quality paper- pages that are sewn not glued into the binding - gold gilded page edges on all three sides- raised spine bands that give each book that distinctive antique look. A total of 201 First Editions were issued by the Franklin Library from 1983 until they ceased publishing in 2000. These books are high collectible and are only available on the secondary market. They truly exemplify the best of the bookbinder's craft.
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Synopsis
Jack London’s The Call of the Wild is an anthropomorphic canine’s unforgettable tale of survival. Set during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, the novel’s main character, Buck, a large and powerful St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd, is stolen from his ranch home in Santa Clara Valley, California, and sold into service as a sled dog. At first, Buck experiences violence and struggles for survival, becoming progressively feral in the harsh environment. By the end, Buck relies on his instinct and learned experience to emerge as the proven leader of the pack. In The Call of the Wild, author Jack London blends his experience as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness with his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, influenced by the work of Darwin and Nietzsche. Thus, although the novel is first and foremost a story about a dog, it displays a philosophical depth absent in most animal adventures. In the summer of 1903, the story was first serialized in four installments in The Saturday Evening Post, which paid $750 for it. Soon after, London sold all rights to The Call of the Wild to Macmillan, which published the story in book format in August of that same year. As the first printing of 10,000 copies sold out immediately, it is safe to say the novel was enormously popular from the moment it was published. It has since secured its place in the canon of American literature. Today, The Call of the Wild is still one of the best-known stories written by an American author and has been published in almost 50 languages. The Call of the Wild is ranked 35th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels and 88th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century.
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- biblio 553
- Title
- The Call of The Wild
- Author
- Jack London
- Book Condition
- Used - Book Near Mint. Fine, bound in Leatherette, a coated cloth material, accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gil
- Jacket Condition
- No dj as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Franklin Library Edition, 1982.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library Edition
- Date Published
- (1982)
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Action & Adventure; Christmas Catalog; FRANKLIN LIBRARY COLLECTION;
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