High quality 140 page edition with original text that has been reset for an enjoyable reading experience unlike other shorter editions. This beloved classic tells the story of Buck a kindhearted dog suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of Alaska during the 1890s Yukon Gold Rush. Enslaved and forced to pull a heavy sled through miles and miles of frozen ice with little or nothing to eat and frequent beatings Buck regresses into a primitive form of himse