I read the book The Call of the Wild by Jack London. This book was published in 1903 and remains his most famous work, which became best seller. London's life had as much adventure as any of his stories. On age of 21, he went north, along with thousands of others, to where gold had been struck in Canada. Jack London mined no gold there, but as a writer, he found a wealth of material. He found exactly the right setting for many of the themes that excited him as a young writer, like the themes in The Call of the Wild. This book is foremost a dog story, but it displays a philosophical depth absent in most animal adventures.
             This book begins with description of Buck, a huge Bernard-Shepard dog, who lives a comfortable life at Judge's Miller estate in California. As the judge's favorite dog, he has the run of the whole place, he goes hunting with the judge's sons and gives the little grandsons rides on his back. But at this time gold was found in the Northland. Thousands of men were rushing there and many sled dogs were needed. One day Buck is sold to dog traders by one of the Judge's gardeners who had gambling habits. Buck begins a long journey to the North, place from which he will never return. His life in the civilized world came to an end.
             Buck is part of a sled team with five other dogs and his new owners are Francois and Perrault. They are mail delivers and their job is to carry mail by dog team between the coast and the mining town. On this trip Buck learns to fight, to scavenge food... At the end of their journey the dogs are tired so they are sold to a group of American gold-hunters and they continue with their trip. John Thornton, a guy that has a camp there, warns them that the ice they are traveling over is melting and that they may fell through. The new owners don't listen to him, but Buck is very tired and he refuses to go further. John keeps Buck and they became friends, but there is a...