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 the world and becoming his own master.

Though The Call of the Wild is about dogs, this same heartlessness is vividly depicted in the book. Buck was based on a dog named Jack. While up north, London became friends with the brothers ...

The Call of the Wild is a novel about ... ‘Jack’ became ‘Buck,’ the stolen Californian mutt that travels north to work as a sled dog, and is the lead character in what would become London ...

Our story unfolds in the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s, Yukon, Canada where strong sled dogs ... Buck discovers his true calling, sheds that thin layer of civilization and becomes one among the ...

The Call Of The Wild inspired Gordon’s childhood love of wilderness, but it was of its time, portraying a brutal view of nature where sled dogs and nature were something to be conquered.

By the end of the war, a dog named Buck was the only remaining canine at the kennel, Tomeo said. But then Congress passed the Wilderness Act of 1964, securing a future for the sled dogs of Denali ...

Besides Buck, the hero dog of “The Call of the Wild,” the most famous sled dogs in history are 20 huskies who ran 674 miles in 1925 to fetch diphtheria antitoxin to save the gold rush town of ...

For most, a dog is a man’s best friend ... Dogs – a five-time medal winning sled dog team. Hodgson cites Jack London’s 1903 novel The Call of the Wild as one of his earliest influences ...

When Buck is stolen from his home and forced to serve as a sled dog in Alaska ... as well as a brief stint on the Banned Books List. Call of the Wild, and four more books every boy should read ...

It transpires that he wasn't being laid to rest on his own – his arms are wrapped tightly around the body of his dead dog ... more recent Call of the Wild adaptation in which Buck, a St Bernard ...