A superb work of adventure and imagination,The Call fo the Wild tells the sompelling story of Buck,part St Benard and part Scotch shepherd dog.
Betrayde and sole to Northern traders,Buck is forced to pull a sledge through the frozen Yukon.He and the other dogs on the team are brutalized and beaten until they are almost dead,but Buck is saved from cruelty by John Thornton,in whose care he learns to be loved.
This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.