Name: The Call of the Wild - Unabridged with Full Glossary, Historic Orientation, Character and Location Guide (in English)
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Author: London, Jack ; Classics Made Easy
ISBN: 9781958660041

portada The Call of the Wild - Unabridged with Full Glossary, Historic Orientation, Character and Location Guide (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jack London

Publisher

Classics Made Easy LLC

Language

English

Pages

128

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9781958660041

Synopsis "The Call of the Wild - Unabridged with Full Glossary, Historic Orientation, Character and Location Guide (in English)"

Best Seller - Complete, Unabridged Edition.Only this CLASSICS MADE EASY(TM) edition includes a comprehensive 150-WORD GLOSSARY.UNDERSTAND the dog sledding terms and slang from the period used throughout the story.PLUS: This book also includes a biographical article on the author, historical context, and more!This brilliantly compiled edition includes: GLOSSARY: A glossary of over 150 words, including dog sledding terms, slang and phrases from the time period which have all but been forgotten, and other hard-to-find or uncommon words.LOCATION GUIDE: An appendix alphabetically listing all locations mentioned in the story, with detailed information on each.CHARACTER GUIDE: An appendix alphabetically listing every character in the story and where they first appeared.HISTORIC CONTEXT: An orientation to the story, which lays out the historic background and key concepts you need in order to understand the context in which this book was written.UNABRIDGED TEXT: The full and unabridged text of Jack London's timeless classic, The Call of the Wild, typeset for easy reading.SCHOOL: The Call of the Wild is on many required reading lists, and this edition is a perfect fit.BONUS: A biographical article on Jack London.The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London, first published in 1903. This thrilling adventure story is set in the Klondike Gold Rush of Alaska and the Yukon Territory, in the late 1890s. Dog sledding was the mode of transportation and strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's main character, Buck, is half St. Bernard and half Scotch Shepherd dog. Raised as a domesticated dog on a ranch in southern California, Buck is stolen from his home and sold into the brutal existence of an Alaskan sled dog. Forced to survive in a foreign and uncaring environment, with tooth and claw being the only law. He must adjust and master his new life in the wild, by reverting to his ancestral instincts.Jack London's The Call of the Wild is a classic book which has been a historical fiction best seller year after year. This Classics Made Easy edition gives you the whole story and everything you need to love it, as millions have over the ages.

Jack London

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Jack London (1876-1916), seudónimo de John Griffith Chaney, es uno de los grandes escritores estadounidenses de los albores del siglo XX. Su mundo se inspira en una interpretación muy subjetiva de la filosofía de Nietzsche y se construye a partir del principio de lucha por la supervivencia. Nacido en San Francisco, fue esencialmente un niño autodidacta que leía con avidez los fondos de la biblioteca pública. Con diecisiete años se embarcó en su primera goleta, rumbo a Japón. Tras varias experiencias como marinero y vagabundo -razón por la que también fue encarcelado-, London acudió a la Oakland High School y, posteriormente, a la Universidad de California, que tuvo que abandonar por problemas económicos. Como muchos, sufrió la fiebre del oro hasta que, finalmente, se dedicó a la escritura.

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