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Jack London The Call of the Wild One of the greatest American storytellers, Jack London enjoyed phenomenal popularity in his own time and remains widely read throughout the world. His work is characterized by thrilling action, an intuitive feeling for animal life, and a sense of justice that often manifests itself through violence. The Call of the Wild (1903), perhaps the best novel ever written about animals, traces a dog’s sudden entry into the wild and his education in survival among the wolves. “No other popular writer of his time did any better writing than you will find in The Call of the Wild.”—H. L. Mencken Among E. L. Doctorow’s many best-selling novels are Ragtime, World’s Fair, Billy Bathgate, and The March. His latest novel is Homer and Langley (2009). He has received the National Book Critics Circle Award (three times), the PEN/Faulkner Award (twice), the National Book Award, and the William Dean Howells Medal. |
Read descriptions of other titles in the Classic Paperbacks series: 
• Jack London: The Call of the Wild •
Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Tales, with The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
Henry David Thoreau: Walden
Mark Twain: Life on the Mississippi
Edith Wharton: The House of Mirth