The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild1935

The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The st… more »



Jack Thornton:
Look here, Smith. Why can't we do business?

Mr. Smith:
I've always been open to an honest proposition, Mr. Thornton.

Jack Thornton:
We'll give you the claim - all of it. You can have what gold we've got. But leave us some way of getting out of here. The winter snows are coming on.

Mr. Smith:
[impatiently] My dear man, you call that a business proposition? We already *have* the mine, and the gold is ours by right of, how shall I put it?... By right of conquest. Do you mind if we don't argue the point any more?

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