Books by Jack London

En mytepoetisk beretning om ulvehunden Buck, der bliver stjålet fra sit hjemsted i Californien og sendt til Klondike, Alaska, hvor den skal tjene som slædehund. Foruden historien om Bucks rejse, der bestandigt forandrer den, indeholder bogen novellesamlingen Fra Alaska, der underfundigt skildrer menneskeskæbner og det hårde liv i Alaska i slutningen af 1800-tallet. Amerikaneren Jack London (1876-1916) førte et eventyrligt liv som sømand, vagabond, guldgraver, krigskorrespondent m.m. Fra sit omtumlede liv hentede han stof til en lang række uhyre populære romaner, hvor handlingen - levende, romantisk og naturalistisk - ofte foregår i ødemarken. Bogen indgår i Frydenlunds serie Jack London Spænding, der tæller seks bind: En klondikehelt bind 1 og 2, Når naturen kalder, Vagabondliv, Sydhavet og På tro og love.

John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay", and "The Heathen".London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, workers' rights, socialism, and eugenics. He wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, The War of the Classes, and Before Adam. (wikipedia.org)

Jack London’s beloved 1903 masterpiece, The Call of the Wild, is unsurpassed as the gripping adventure of Buck, a California wolf-dog enjoying the good life who is brutally kidnapped and sold into the Canadian Yukon as a sled-dog during the gold rush of the 1890s. Buck quickly has to shed his civilized ways to survive the harsh new laws of fang and club, but after terrifying challenges he triumphs by discovering his true nature, which leads him to authentic love and finally an authentic life. Far more than a deeply moving animal fable, London’s harrowing and sublime tale probes fundamental questions of human existence and our relationship to the natural world.Includes London’s haunting short story “To Build a Fire,” his 1903 article “How I Became a Socialist,” his 1910 essay The Other Animals, an afterword by Ulrich Baer, and a biographical timeline.

When White Fang – part wolf, part dog – gets separated from his family, he must find a way to survive on his own. In a harsh Canadian environment that means kill or be killed. Tough surroundings and cruel masters make White Fang increasingly more aggressive and wild, but Weedon Scott, a kind gold hunter, sees the dog in him and attempts to tame him. Released in 1906, White Fang – companion novel to The Call of the Wild – was immediately successful, especially among younger readers. Ethan Hawke starred in the 1991 film adaptation as the wolfdog‘s friend, and in 2018, Netflix released a beautiful animated movie, introducing children to work of Jack London.Jack London (1876-1916) was an American writer and social activist. A worldwide celebrity, he was one of the highest paid authors of his time.