Jack London
3) White Fang
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and who eventually makes his peace with man.
5) The sea wolf
Author
Language
English
Description
An epic of action-filled excitement. Rescued from drowning, a pampered gentlleman awakes in a special kind of hell. He's aboard the Ghost, a sealing schooner outbound for months of hunting. Wolf Larson, the devilish captain, a feindish crew, the cruel sea, and unlikely love make this tale immortal.
6) Martin Eden
Author
Language
English
Description
The semiautobiographical story of an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame.
Author
Series
Classiques and contemporains collège volume 143
Publisher
Magnard
Pub. Date
impr. 2013
Language
Français
Description
Beau chien robuste, Buck mène une existence paisible auprès de son maître en Californie. Sa vie bascule le jour où il est enlevé et vendu à un marchand de chiens de traîneau. Arrivé dans le Grand Nord, il découvre le froid, la violence et la souffrance. Dans ce monde de glace et de sang, Buck retrouve peu à peu ses instincts primitifs...
The classic adventure story of a dog's savage struggle for survival in the Alaskan wilderness.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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...
Author
Publisher
Castle Books
Pub. Date
©1980.
Language
English
Description
Each short story paints a picture of a time long gone. Adventure, bravery, and honor are the values of the men in these stories. In a harsh time, the men and women had to be resilient, and maintain their cheer in the face of hardship. The tales are a window into the past, and Jack London, one of the greatest writers of his time, captured the essence of life in the frontier, on the sea, and in the hearts and minds of the people of the past.
Author
Publisher
Kennebec Large Print, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Stolen from his comfortable California home, Buck -- a powerful half-St. Bernard, half-Scottish sheepdog -- is shipped to the Klondike and pressed into service as a sled dog. So begins an odyssey in which Buck suffers cruelty and neglect, learns the brutal skills of a survivor, finds a gentle master that he can respect and love, then leaves civilization behind to become the legendary leader of a wolf pack--Cover.
13) John Barleycorn
Author
Series
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
©2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"London's classic 'alcoholic memoirs'--the closest thing to an autobiography he ever wrote--are a startlingly honest and vivid account of his life not only as a drinker, but also as a storied adventurer... John Barleycorn stands as the earliest intelligent treatment of alcohol in American literature..."--P. [4] of cover.
14) Burning Daylight
Author
Publisher
[CreateSpace]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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.
17) White Fang
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[1991?]
Language
English
Description
A young man tries to fulfill his father's wish to find gold in the treacherous Yukon Valley of Alaska. Along the way he befriends a veteran gold miner and a magnificent wolf-dog named White Fang.
18) Call of the wild
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
One of Jack London's best known tales, Call of the wild follows a young man's journey to the great Yukon gold rush and his unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck formed along the way.