Other editions of book The Call of the Wild

Buck, a St. Bernard-Collie mix, enjoys a comfortable life of domestication in 19th century California, when one day he is suddenly abducted by a man who sells him on in order to pay his gambling debts. Enduring brutal treatment along the way, Buck finds himself fighting for survival as a sled dog in the unforgiving frozen landscape of the Canadian Arctic. Only his indomitable spirit - and an increasing reliance on his primal instincts - enable Buck to face beatings, exhaustion, starvation and loss. Buck's hardships and triumphs come in unexpected turns - but ultimately the power of the call of the wild cannot be denied...