Jack London
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
390 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
A prospector nicknamed Burning Daylight strikes it rich during the Alaskan Gold Rush, but after he's cheated out of his fortune by crooks on Wall Street, he becomes a scoundrel. Moving to Oakland, California, he buys property, and sets up utilities and public transportation systems through overbearing and shady tactics. He becomes self-indulgent with drink and food. And then, for the first time, he falls in love.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
106 pages ; 24 cm
Description
The Call of the Wild is a world-famous animal story, widely considered to be Jack London's greatest work. When Californian family dog Buck is kidnapped from his family home and sent to Alaska as a sled dog, he encounters incredible brutalities at the hands of men. The wilderness beckons him as a means of escape, but will Buck answer its call? A brilliant adventure story for children aged 8+, The Call of the Wild is a tale of endurance and the unbreakable...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Jack Thornton is an adventurer who travels the Yukon in search of gold. When he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog with the strength of his part-wolf ancestry, Jack's luck changes. A winning $1000 bet on Buck's stamina is only the first of the awards that his friendship with the canine will bring. When the pair, along with Jack's friend Shorty, happen upon a woman who's lost her husband in the wild, they begin their greatest adventure yet in this rousing...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adapted from the beloved literary classic, this film is the story of Buck, a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team, and later its leader, Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in...