false <![CDATA[The Call of the Wild (Library of America)]]> 1852 283 Stolen from his family, a dog named Buck must quickly learn the harsh law of survival among the men and dogs of the goldcrazed North. With an introduction by award-winning author, Avi. 3252320 1903 The Call of the Wild total:16623|5:3556|4:5848|3:5377|2:1367|1:475| 16623 60512 19722 734 5 24 false false Fri Mar 28 22:58:05 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 11:14:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Apr 12 21:31:37 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 22:02:38 -0700 2008
of course he didn't. he was too busy being a badass. chasing down a big ass moose. saving john thornton's life. killing the indians who killed john thornton. running with the other wolves. winning bets. bitch slapping other dogs who got out of line.
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Mrs. Ebarvia
World Lit
10/21/08
Online Book Review
The novel I chose to read was The Call of the Wild<i/> written by Jack London. Other famous books by Jack London include White Fang, The Sea Wolf, and The Scarlet Plague. The Call of the Wild is ...more...]]> 4 2 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Oct 25 05:00:53 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 15 05:07:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 20:20:10 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 06:50:18 -0800 2009 - clubs
- fangs
- Alaska
- reconnecting to the dormant ancestral ur-wolf
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"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, co...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 16 07:28:20 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 08:00:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Apr 20 11:00:19 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 11:00:26 -0700 2009
Buck...poor, poor Buck.

Buck...mean, vicious Buck.
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The CCLaP 100: In which I read for the first time a hundred so-called "classics,"...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 08:14:03 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 12:23:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 12:17:25 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 18:51:17 -0800 2009 1 Black Beauty and Raptor Red offer us a particularly transformed way of seeing, by inhabiting so fully the other creatures that have walked the planet.

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Call of the Wild
Jack London
Pre-Reading/Anticipatory Thoughts: I have never really been a huge fan of Jack London. The nature adventure genre, in general, has never had a particularly strong draw. I am from rural Alabama, at least by birth, but rarely do I hearken to the...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1976 Thu Jan 22 19:51:17 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 20:01:55 -0800 2009 maybe 10? more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 17 11:48:27 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 11:56:16 -0800 2009
The book told a story about Buck, a dog, rising to power in a dog sledding team in the Klondike. He had to work his way up to leader through numerous trials. Some ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1189886