London, Jack

Contains nine nature stories by American author Jack London.

Collects short late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century works by American writers Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, Jack London, and O. Henry.

The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.

Jack London's short story about a tenderfoot attempting to hike through the Yukon snows with his dog in order to reach a mining claim. Includes reading comprehension questions.

In 1897 Buck, an intrepid shepherd dog is kidnapped andshipped to the Klondike gold fields. There he must learn "the law of club and fang"--or die. Buck learns quickly how to survive: keeping warm in a frozen land, scenting perilous changes in the weather, and protecting himself against the lead sled dog, Spitz. But most important, he learns the song of the wolves, as plaintive and old as the breed itself.

A collection of stories of survival in the frozen north, including Call of the wild and To build a fire.