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White Fang (G.K. Hall Large Print Perennial Bestseller Collection)
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White Fang (G.K. Hall Large Print Perennial Bestseller Collection) Overviews
The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and who eventually makes his peace with man.
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White Fang (G.K. Hall Large Print Perennial Bestseller Collection) CustomerReview
Jack London's turn-of-the-century novel about a wild animal (3/4 wolf) proves an odyssey of the canine heart, as the author examines
the millennium-old relationship between Man and Wolf. The story of the gradual domestication of the species proves intriguing in its psychological stages; readers are drawn into the lamentable situations endured by a creature born and partly raised in the Alaskan wilderness. Captivated by Kiche's struggle to survive famine and pack dynamics we come to realize that the story is not even about Her, but her progeny, for one pup is singled out for greatness--both excessive torment and personal growth.
At the age of five months the pup surrenders his freedom to
an Indian whom he regards as a man-god, Gray Beaver, who names him "White Fang" because of obvious reasons. The young wolf-dog's entire life consists of unremitting and undeserved torment--from dogs and humans--causing him to mature into a morose and vicious loner. Able to adapt to a variety of harsh conditions he possesses the will to survive, for he quickly grasps the various Laws: of the Wild, of the Indian Camp, and of the Pack. A victim of man's bestiality he seems doomed to a life of bleak hatred, until rescued from a miserable existence as brutal, side show entertainment by an enlightened man from the Lower Forty, Weedon Scott.
With patience and insight Scott gradually earns his trust, then
proceeds to tame the intelligent wolf-dog whom he sets free, but White Fang amazingly accepts the invisible bonds of friendship; he acknowledges Scott as more than his master: he surrenders his
freedom and fierce spirit to his new love-god. White Fang overcomes
long-ingrained habits and conditioned responses to offer his life and his heart in the form of ultimate adoration.
Impending separation looms to destroy the devoted animal, but how could a creature bred in the Wilds survive the even harsher laws of
California civilization? Unlike London's CALL OF THE WILD, where a tame dog sloughs off generations of domestication, WHITE FANG depicts a wild protagonist who completes the metamorphosis from wolf to Blessed Wolf. Great literary fare for adults and kids of all ages!
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