Jack London

Adapted from the beloved literary classic, this film is the story of Buck, a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team, and later its leader, Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in...

A BBC radio full-cast dramatisation of this classic adventure about a dog named Buck. In Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, strong sled dogs were in high demand. Buck is stolen from his comfortable home in California and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. Sold to a group of inexperienced gold hunters, he...

Contains twelve selections by turn-of-the-century American author Jack London, including the novel "The Call of the Wild"; the short story collection "The Son of the Wolf"; and two additional tales; and includes an essay about London by Carl Sandburg.

This edition contains the complete text of selected JackLondon stories, including the 1908 version of "To Build a Fire."

"Story of a Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan", "The White Silence", "To The Man On Trail", "In a Far Country", "An Odyssey of the North", "Semper Idem", "The Law of Life", "A Relic of the Pliocene", "Nam-Bok the Unveracious", "The One Thousand Dozen", "To Build a Fire", "Moon-Face", "Batard", "The Story of Jees Uck", "The League of the Old Men", "Love of Life", "The Sun-Dog Trail", "All Gold Canyon", "A Day's Lodging", "The Apostate", "The Wit of Porportuk",...

13 short stories and other writings of Hawaii.

Describes the experiences of a newcomer to the Yukon when he attempts to hike through the snow to reach a mining claim.

Stolen from his life as a beloved pet, Buck must learn to adapt to abuse as a Klondike sled dog, to life with a loving master, John Thornton, and finally, when Thornton dies, to life in the wild as a leader of the wolf pack.