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Jul 25, 2023
Does your town feel like an air-fryer in this heat? Let Jack London take you to a cooler place.
The Call of the Wild has captivated readers for over a century with its tale of a dog kidnapped in California and sold to cruel owners, who attach him to sled-dog teams during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897.
Against a new Yukon backdrop, Buck must shed his old “civilized” ways to survive clashes with brutal masters and rival dogs in temperatures as low as 50 degrees below zero.
As he does, this classic adventure story asks: When does “the call of the wild” become irreversible? Here’s more:
