the call of the wild

The Call of the Wild John Griffith London, the illegitimate son of Professor of Astrology father and an emotionally distant mother, was born January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. Jack spent much of his childhood working odd jobs to help support his family. After living abroad on a seal-hunting ship and traping across much of the United States, Jack briefly attended the University of California at Berkeley. When news of the gold rush in the Yukon …

…anges that a dog undergoes in the development of a new lifestyle. London sets up the relationships between dogs and humans with importance, and the reader picks up on that easly. His empahsis on this can help to account for the fascination the book has had for readers in the seventy-odd years since its begining in July, 1903. It can also explain the reason why the book, one of London's best, is worthy of continued attention.