White Fang / The Call of the Wild

the long version

'The call of the wild' tells the compelling story of Buck. Betrayed and sold to Northern trades, 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. Buck has now learnt survival and self-preservation so that when he is free to return to the wild he is feared, admired and truly fit for leadership. 'White Fang' tells of