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Jack London spent nearly a year in Alaska and the Klondike, mining for gold and braving the Alaskan winter. There he was inspired to write what would become The Call of the Wild, one of his most famous novels. The Call of the Wild tells the tale of a domesticated dog stolen from his California family and sold to sledders in Alaska. As he adapts to the harsh and wild environment, he slowly sheds domestication and returns to his primal roots. Th...

White Fang is Jack London¿s companion novel to The Call of the Wild. In The Call of the Wild we follow a dog¿s journey from domestication to wilderness, but in White Fang we see the opposite: a wild wolf-dog captured by men and eventually domesticated. White Fang¿s journey isn¿t an easy one, both the wild and civilization have their share of brutal violence. But he eventually seems happy in a home with a loving family. When read side-by-side w...

After a ferry accident on San Francisco Bay, literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is swept out to sea only to be rescued by the seal-hunting schooner Ghost. Wolf Larsen, the captain of the Ghost, is brutal and cynical but also highly intelligent, and he has no intention of returning Van Weyden to shore. Van Weyden is forced to serve on the Ghost, leaving behind his comfortable world ashore and entering into a psychological battle with Larsen on...

The first anthology of short stories by Jack London, Lost Face tells seven stories about the Klondike gold rush. In ¿Lost Face, ¿ the fur thief Subienkow faces gruesome torture and execution by a tribe of Indians, armed with only his wits. ¿Trust¿ is a story about the dangers of the Yukon River. Jack London¿s best known short story, ¿To Build a Fire, ¿ tells the story of a nameless man and his dog attempting to survive in the frozen Northern T...

Revolution, and Other Essays, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and ...

Scorn of Women: A Play In Three Acts, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is cl...

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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

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