Publication

2000 - Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

64,500 words, Guess

Page Count

258 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing4748934
  • Goodreads1062771

Classifications

  • DDC813/.52
  • LCCPS3523.O46 C3834 2000

Description

"Jack London's adventure tale The Call of the Wild explores complex relationships between man and nature, and animals' struggle with their own nature in man's world. In this interdisciplinary study, a selection of primary documents point out the many issues that make this story as poignant and pertinent today as when it was written nearly a century ago. Compiled here for the first time is documentation from sources as varied as century-old newspaper accounts, legislative materials, advertisements, poetry, journals, and other startling firsthand accounts. The story's historical setting, the Yukon Gold Rush, is brought vividly into focus for readers, with firsthand accounts of the unimaginable hardships faced by the prospectors in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold Fields."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

SourcesHistoryIn literatureGold discoveriesDogs in literatureWolves in literatureGold mines and mining

Genres

  • Sources.

Series Statement

  • The Greenwood Press \"Literature in context\" series,

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