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The Call of the Wild
Contributor(s): London, Jack (Author)

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ISBN: 160512043X ISBN-13: 9781605120430
Publisher: Akasha Classics

OUR PRICE: $20.89

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2008

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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections
- Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental)

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 8-11

Grade Level: 3-6

Lexile Measure: 530 HL (High-Low)

Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (0.60 lbs) 108 pages

Features: Dust Cover

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The Call of the Wild, by Jack London - Akasha Classics, AkashaPublishing.Com - Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego. Because men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland. These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost. Buck lived at a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. Judge Miller's place, it was called. It stood back from the road, half hidden among the trees, through which glimpses could be caught of the wide cool veranda that ran around its four sides. The house was approached by gravelled driveways which wound about through wide-spreading lawns and under the interlacing boughs of tall poplars. At the rear things were on even a more spacious scale than at the front. There were great stables, where a dozen grooms and boys held forth, rows of vine-clad servants' cottages, an endless and orderly array of outhouses, long grape arbors, green pastures, orchards, and berry patches. Then there was the pumping plant for the artesian well, and the big cement tank where Judge Miller's boys took their morning plunge and kept cool in the hot afternoon.

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