The Call of the Wild (Primary source)
The Call of the Wild is a short novel by Jack London set during the Klondike Gold Rush. It follows Buck, a large domesticated dog living comfortably in California, who is stolen and sold into the brutal world of sled dogs in the Yukon.
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