The Call of the Wild and White Fang (Sterling Unabridged Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (896 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1402714556 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Great Story" according to Cheryl Koopmann. This is a great story that I have read many times. It is one of those books that I fall back on when I need a comforting story to read.It follows the life of one poor dog as he moves from one master to another, and even ends up as a fighting dog at one point. Its a bit like "Black Beauty" I guess seeing as it follows an animals life, but white fang is more of a story. White Fang is not just some docile horse but a real wild dog that has survived w. chibilee0"Good, Well-Written Story" according to chibilee02. I’ll give this to Jack London: he did a great job with the opening scenes of White Fang. I was impressed with his narrative description of the wilderness that the book is set in. The tone set was an ominous and dangerous one, fitting for the setting in which White Fang was born into.The book is really helped with London’s writing. His writing was very eloquent and poetic, something that you probably wouldn’t expect coming from a . said Good, Well-Written Story. I’ll give this to Jack London: he did a great job with the opening scenes of White Fang. I was impressed with his narrative description of the wilderness that the book is set in. The tone set was an ominous and dangerous one, fitting for the setting in which White Fang was born into.The book is really helped with London’s writing. His writing was very eloquent and poetic, something that you probably wouldn’t expect coming from a . Aleksander said I would like to make one thing clear. I would like to make one thing clear: Jack London's writing is superb - 5 stars. White Fang is one of the best books ever written. I bought the book as a gift. It looks very nice on the screen. The reality is different. The book is ugly. The font is small. It seems like someone took a kindle version, printed it out as an HTML threw a more or less pretty front cover and hideous, white back cover. If I had the time, I would have returned the book an
"One hundred and one years after its publication, it is still enthralling. It's a very stark book in some ways but it really conjures up the atmosphere of Gold Rush-era Yukon" Daily Express . The opening chapters are haunting, their depiction of the wilderness of snow, ice and forest faced by gold prospectors exquisite and terrifying. The menace of ever-present death, for man, dog and wolf alike, in a setting of remorseless beauty, is bracing and humbling" Herald "Raw narratives of visceral appeal whose cinematic energy cry out for film adaptation" -- Robert McCrum Observer "A searing book about man and animals and the inherent wildness in the nature of the dog
Call of the Wild tells a compelling tale of adventure during the Yukon Gold Rush, and fully captures the unquenchable spirit of Buck, a kidnapped dog trying to survive in the harshest of environments. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.Two of Jack London’s best-loved masterpieces, in their entirety. Christina is a theater set and costume designer and contributed advice on the period c
Jack London (1876-1916) was an American writer who produced two hundred short stories, more than four hundred nonfiction pieces, twenty novels, and three full-length plays in less than two decades. His best-known works include The Call of the Wild, The Sea Wolf, and White Fang.Firefly BooksFirefly Books