Describes the brutal and vigorous life of the Far North. The Call of the Wild (1903) presents the extraordinary adventures of a dog who escapes civilization to lead a wolf pack. It is also a novel about the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896 to 1899. In his Reader's Companion to this new edition, Daniel Dyer provides a wealth of annotations explaining the book's many "sourdough" expressions and geographical references in order to help the modern reader see what London saw. Includes an Index.

(Key Words: Jack London, Call of the Wild, Far North, Dogs, Wolves, Animals, Klondike, Fiction, Alaska, Dawson City, Gold Rush, Daniel Dyer).