The Call of the Wild
Annotated and Illustrated
Published on 30. June 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
324 pages
978-0-8061-2920-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Call of the Wild, by Jack London, is one of America's best-known novels. Currently published in more than twenty separate editions in English alone, this novel about the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896 to 1899 has been continuously in print since it first appeared in 1903.Many editions of The Call of the Wild have distorted the original text: the violence is modified, the language is sanitized, and the punctuation and spelling are modernized. This new edition duplicates the original, which London himself edited and approved.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oklahoma
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Adult education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: From Preschool to Second Grade, Reading Age: From 7 to 11 years, Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Illustrations
30 black & white illustrations, 5 maps
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
271 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8061-2920-4 (9780806129204)
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Persons
Jack London was a social activist, war correspondent, and the highest paid novelist of his day. His early poverty, love for animals, and travel adventures are all reflected in his twenty-three novels and hundreds of short stories, poems, and essays. In addition to The Call of the Wild, he is best known for his novels White Fang and The Sea Wolf and short stories like "To Build a Fire."