5/20/2023 0 Comments The call of the wild book author![]() Mabie reviews Jack London’s “Call of the Wild”įrom The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, Kansas) – July 23, 1903 Here is what critics were saying back upon the book’s initial publication! Mr. Upon the book’s release in 1903, noted literary critic and essayist Hamilton Wright Mabie wrote that the new little book about of a pet stolen from a comfortable home and forced to become a sled dog in the icy North was “likely to make a deep impression by reason of its power and unusual theme.” ![]() Jack London’s first major work, “ The Call of the Wild,” changed both the face of literature and the fortunes of a young author.Ī tale of transformation - a domestic dog being forced by circumstance to revert to his wild state - London’s work immediately sold out its first print run, and plucked readers’ heartstrings around the globe. ![]()
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