A short novel set during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s. Buck, a powerful dog living in comfort on a California estate, is stolen and sold into harsh work as a sled dog in the frozen North. Forced to learn the rule of club and fang, he must adapt to cold, hunger and rivalry among the team. The story follows his changing masters and the stirring of older instincts within him. It is a brisk tale of survival and transformation, and remains one of the most widely read American adventure stories.
Quotes
He was beaten (he knew that), but he was not broken.
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise.
He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess.