WHITE FANG AND THE CALL OF THE WILOD

New York, NY: Barnes & Noble Books, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. BRAND NEW Copy. First Edition, First Printing. Text/new & Bright. Gilt embossed bi-color black boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. A whisper of light brown spotting(acidic paper reaction) to upper text block. John Griffith London (1876 - 1916), American novelist, journalist & social activist, was a pioneer of commercial fiction & innovator of the genre of science fiction. The Call of the Wild was first serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, summer of 1903; this is a re-issue of 1995. Adventurous tales of dogs, wolves, men, and the wild. Buck, the dog, a powerful 140 lb St. Bernard-Scotch Collie mix, was the pampered pet of Judge Miller of Santa Clara Valley during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1987. Beset by gambling debts, gardener Manuel sells Buck to a stranger, then, Canadian Gov't dispatchers take him to Canada's Klondike region to be trained, along w/10 other dogs, to pull sleds. Among the groups is the dominant half-wolf, half-dog Spitz that Buck kills to become leader-of-the pack until saved & returned to domesticated life. 305 pgs: 1, Introduction (Aaron John Loeb); 2, White Fang; and 3, Call of the Wild.