The Call of the Wild (Classic Starts Series)

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Author: Jack London

ISBN-10: 140271274X

ISBN-13: 9781402712746

Category: Adventure and adventurers -> Animals -> Children's fiction

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Expertly retold to appeal to second to fourth graders, as well as older reluctant readers, each of the beautiful, high-quality books in the Classic Starts series is a literary treasure.

About This SeriesIntroduction1A Note on the Text11Pt. 1The Call of the Wild13Pt. 2Jack London, "Batard"79Pt. 3Letters of Jack London93To Anna Strunsky, Jan. 21, 190095To Houghton Mifflin Company, Jan. 31, 190097To Cloudesley Johns, Jan. 6, 190299To George P. Brett, March 10, 1903101To George P. Brett, March 25, 1903102To Anna Strunsky, Oct. 13, 1904103To George P. Brett, Dec. 5, 1904104To C. F. Lowrie, Jan. 13, 1911105To Ralph Kasper, June 25, 1914106Pt. 4The Cultural Context of The Call of the Wild: Jack London's Klondike107"Gold Creek and Gold Town"109"Jack the Giant St. Bernard"127Pt. 5Selected Early Reviews133"A Reader's Report for The Call of the Wild"135Anonymous Review136"Jack London's Book The Call of the Wild: It Is More Than a Rattling Good Dog Story - It Is an Allegory of Human Struggles and Aspirations"140"Reviews: The Call of the Wild"142"A Review of The Call of the Wild" by Jack London146"Books New and Old"147"Jack London's One Great Contribution to American Literature"148"To the Editor of the Independent"150Pt. 6Critical Essays 1966-1996153"The Romantic Necessity in Literary Naturalism: Jack London"155"Jack London's Mondo Cane: The Call of the Wild and White Fang"158"Jack London's Naturalism: The Example of The Call of the Wild"170"The Call of the Wild": Parental Metaphor"181"A Romantic Novel"185"The Doppelganger and the Naturalist Self: The Call of the Wild"190"'Congested Mails': Buck and Jack's 'Call'"213Works Cited245For Further Reading253