Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs. Anyone with a taste for adventure, who loves the outdoors or camping, or who spends time daydreaming about living self-sufficiently will be enamored by these adventure stories.Įssential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. These beautifully written stories, now together in one highly produced volume complete with a timeline of the life and times of Jack London, are a perfect addition to any young adult's library. Both convey powerful themes of redemption and survival that continue to affect readers even today. The novels are in fact mirror images of one another, as Call of the Wild depicts Buck's journey from domestic to wild dog, while White Fang recounts White Fang's transformation from wild beast to domestic companion.

The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are two classic American adventure novels depicting the evolution of two dogs in the wild. Young lives in Westchester County, New York.The Call of the Wild and White Fang, two American classics by Jack London, are presented together in this elegantly designed jacketed hardcover edition featuring an introduction by Jack London scholar Kenneth K. Most notably, he is the Caldecott Medalist for Lon Po Po and the Caldecott Honor recipient for both The Emperor and the Kite and Seven Blind Mice. Ed Young is the illustrator of more than eighty books for children, seventeen of which he has also written. He was born in San Francisco, California. His most notable works include White Fang, The Call of the Wild, and The Sea-Wolf. But when he gradually comes under the spell of man's companionship during the Klondike gold rush in the nineteenth century, how much will he surrender? This collectible edition of a revered classic, first published in 1906, includes a soft-touch cover, gold foiling, and tip-ins of original pastel drawings by Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Ed Young.Ībout the Author Jack London (1876-1916) was a prolific American novelist and short story writer.

White Fang is part dog, part wolf, and all brute, fighting to survive in the frozen north. But when he gradually comes under the spell of man's companionship during the Klondike gold rush in the nineteenth century, how much will he surrender?īook Synopsis Explore the dangerous and ruthless animal world-and the equally violent human one-in this Scribner Classics keepsake edition of Jack London's renowned wolf tale. About the Book White Fang is part dog, part wolf, and all brute, fighting to survive in the frozen north.

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