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many others, I'm sure, my first encounter with Jack London was through Disney's belovedclassic movie Wolfsblut or White Fang starring Ethan Hawke.
I fell in love with the rough and wild landscape as well as the dog portraying the halfbreed,

This is "the other story" Jack London wrote about a dog, It's a novella, technically, but like the novel that he's now known for the most, this also tells of the wild north, of snow and ice and of a hard life.


We meet Buck, a dog living in the United States with a family that is fairly well off, The gardener has a gambling problem so he leads Buck away and has him kidnapped to be sold, Ever since the Gold Rush started, strong dogs are in ever increasing demand and Buck being half Collie and half Saint Bernard is definitely strong.

Thus, Buck ends up in Canada, going through the hands of several owners,
Despite his strength, he has a lot to learn since this is quite a different life from what he's used to,
He's delivering mail, gets beaten, survives attacks, stages coups, almost gets killed and even finds love,

While many of Buck's experiences throughout the story are based on some of the philosophies with which the author was grappling while writing The Call of the Wild, Buck himself was based on a real dog.
When London first arrived in Alaska in, he became the tenant of two brothers, Marshall and Louis Whitford Bond, Their dog made an immediate impression on London, for they shared the name Jack I can say with absolute certainty that the dog would have made a lasting impression on me for a totally different reason.



Here is Jack the human with Jack the dog,

The dog was a St, BernardCollie mix, as Buck would be in London's novella, In a letter London wrote to Marshall Bond in, he explicitly states, “Yes, Buck was based on your dog, ”

What got to me while listening to none other than Pablo Schreiber narrating this story, was the intense descriptions of the magnificent landscape most of this story takes place in the cold, the wind, the snow, the danger come spring, the hunger and physical pain, of the human stupidity, of the stark contrast between the environment Buck grew up in and the one he later grew to actually love, of the hard work these people and dogs had to perform, of the life in the wild and how not everyone is cut out for it and what happens if you don't heed advice.
It's clear that London knew what he was talking about, having seen and experienced most of what he was writing about for himself and it makes all the difference.


An enchanting story full of harshness but also unexpected tenderness, Just like the wild it depicts, Wow, Im shocked with how much I loved this classic!

The audiobook of this was just excellent,

Pablo Schreiber knocks it out of the park for me on narrating The Call of the Wild.

His voice tells me the story of Buck, the strong and brave dog that

survives man and beast, I got a bit teary eyed at the end because he relates this book so well on this dog's life journey,

Like most, Ive seen tons of movies for The Call of the Wild so I was not surprised by the plot.

I still dont feel that the movies can give you an unflinching look at how wild and brutal the Canadian wilderness was thats in this book.


Its based ins during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon area,
The gold frenzy has gripped the area and prospectors are coming to the Canadian wilderness in droves,

And the only thing that can transport these treasure hunters around are dogs,
Amazing sled dogs that travel hundreds of miles in the freezing cold and snow,

The Call of the Wild is just long enough to relay the amazing life and journey of this dog, but not too long that it trips all over itself in unnecessary details.


The book is brilliant, heart wrenching and thoughtful on how animals relate in a survival setting,
The cunning and strong do survive!

The book does have animal abuse and cruelty, but I felt it was historical on how its portrayed.

Did I like those scenes Hell no! Im a dog owner/lover but I also know that this was a different time.

In thes, they worked dogs and used them like a tool,

As an animal lover, I cheered for Buck throughout the entire book,
I mean, who doesnt love a scrappy survivor, even if it's in shaggy and drooling form!

I feel this book is a must read for fans of the classic book genre.
Im so glad I finally got to it and the audiobook for this was just great! So good,

I love a good adventure,

The writing, just like in Londons The Scarlett Plague, was crystal clear and seemed very modern for its time.
I cant believe this was written a hundred and twenty years ago,

The third person narration was perfect and worked seamlessly between Bucks “thoughts”, people and the world around him,

Also, I found this to be quite a sweeping and epic tale for such a short number of pages,
Im very, very impressed,

Perfect recommendation for young adults, Id say,

On page five I realised I wanted a happy ending, I needed one. Didnt even want to think about the possibility of something bad happening to Buck, and this is, I believe, the best praise I can give to this BIG little story.


Oh, my gosh

Ill never forget you, Buck,
my goodness, this is a tough one for me to review, the abundance of violence and animal cruelty made this such an emotional read for me, i can understand why this is a classic and so well loved there are many great themes in this book and the resolution is quite satisfying, but i struggled with most of the content.
this was not a bad book, it just wasnt as enjoyable for me personally,

.stars Novels narrated from a dogs point of view are rarities, I distinctly remember reading two, sitelinkFluke by the late great James Herbert, and sitelinkCujo by Stephen King only partly from the dogs POV.
If the authors talent is up to the task, it is quite a nice change in perspective though I am sure you wouldn't want to read fiction from a canine perspective all the time unless you are a dog, even actual dogs don't want to do that, I have asked a few.


Set in the Yukon during thes Klondike Gold Rush, The Call of the Wild is narrated in the third person but almost entirely from the dogs point of view.
The protagonist is Buck, a huge St, BernardScotch Collie.

At the beginning of the book he is living a happy life as a pet of a judge but is soon stolen by the judges gardener and sold to dog traders, one of whom beat the stuffing out of him to teach him his place in the world as the trader sees it.
After this traumatic and transformative experience he is soon sold off to Canadian mail dispatchers, The story of his life as a sled dog is quite harrowing, featuring a fight for supremacy among his teammates, being sold off again to inhumane ignoramus and almost starving to death.
Buck goes through the wringer and survives admirably thanks to his tenacity, cunning, fortitude and general badassery, The title of the book The Call of the Wild only becomes a theme toward the end of the book, but I wont spoil the book by elaborating on this.


The book is generally very well written though but there is very little dialog, as the dogs are not Disneyfied / anthromorphosised talking animals.
The hardship and abuse endured by the sled dogs is quite harrowing, If you think youve got it bad try being a sled dog though if you are reading this the contingency is an unlikely one.
The author Jack London clearly has a lot of affinity for dogs and feels a moral outrage at the abusive treatment they often receive from human beings.
He also has an insight into dogs mentality as this passage demonstrates:

“But the club of the man in the red sweater had beaten into him a more fundamental and primitive code.
Civilized, he could have died for a moral consideration, say the defence of Judge Miller's ridingwhip but the completeness of his decivilization was now evidenced by his ability to flee from the defence of a moral consideration and so save his hide.
”

“In short, the things he did were done because it was easier to do them than not to do them, ”

Ah! I wish my dog was so eloquent! The process of “decivilization” of Buck is a fascinating one, in order to survive he has to turn feral and it later transpires that Buck has some kind of primordial instinct for turning wild.
That said he also has an almost conflicting desire to be loved by a human master, and for doing the best job he can as a sled dog, and later as a bodyguard and companion.
What he also has above all other characters in this book is an indomitable will to live, and eventually to be free,

If you love dogs this is a novel not to be missed, It is quite short, only aboutpages, and there is an excellent sitelinkfree audiobook version from Librivox, very well read by Mark F.
Smith thank you sir!.

Art by sitelinknikogeyer Men are so cruel, The way they break animals is deplorable they use them, exploit them and abuse them all in the name of sport, entertainment and human convenience.
Men are cruel. They try to conquer rather than living in a world of mutual respect its man who has lost his nature, and he imposes such a thing on everything he comes across, but the animals will fight back:

“With a roar that was almost lion like in its ferocity, he again hurled himself at the man”

Buck is kidnapped dognapped is probably more appropriate and forced into submission by a brutal overseer.
He is forced to be a sledge dog, a life of servitude he initially enjoys, The dogs enjoy the sense of purpose and quickly form their own pack, However, like trade goods, the animals are sold off to a new owner, one who is foolish and inexperienced when it comes to animal care.
He pushes the dogs too far they start to die, and he pushes the remainder even further, He cares not for the fallen, and leaves them discarded in the snow without as much as a second thought: they are nothing to him.


Its this kind of attitude that is almost the death of Buck, but he comes back, For all mans wickedness, he also has the capability for good, Buck experiences human kindness for the first time, forming the deep bond that dog can have with man, He relishes in the friendship, Its the only affection he has received in a long, long, time, He doesnt want to lose it he become possessive and violent in regards to his masters attention: he becomes a pet, He fights other dogs for the right to sit by his humans side, But such a thing is unnatural to him, and what starts to form is an internal war within his mind, He wants to find his true self again,

“There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise, And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
”



Indeed, the importance of this work resides in the title, The real issue isnt a debate of ethics associated with animal treatment, but the act of being separated from ones true self, Bucks innate drive calls for only one thing, to be with his own kind, Thats what human kind has deprived him of, His natural instincts are at war with the obedient behaviour that has been bred into his psyche after domestication,

He wants freedom, he longs for it, and the wild calls him home,

sitelinkFacebook sitelinkTwitter sitelinkInsta sitelinkAcademia Why did I not read this book earlier Such a great short story and a needed respite from some hard core mysteries and thrillers.
A must read for dog lovers who don't mind a little tearjerker, .