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White FangJack London

White Fang

1906 · United States · Novel · ~250 pages

Born wild in the frozen Yukon, a wolf-dog is brutalized by men and the wilderness alike, until an act of kindness slowly teaches him another way to live. London’s companion to The Call of the Wild, running the journey in reverse.

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Why read it

A thrilling, tender survival story told largely through a wild animal’s eyes, about cruelty, trust, and the slow work of love. As gripping as its famous sibling.

Themes
SettingThe Yukon, 1890s

The Klondike gold rush of the 1890s, a merciless northern frontier where only the strong, man or beast, survived the cold.

About the author

Jack London (1876–1916), veteran of the Klondike gold rush, wrote this as a mirror to his earlier bestseller: where Buck goes wild, White Fang is tamed.