Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Johnson, Claudia D. Understanding The call of the wild: a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents / Claudia Durst Johnson. p. cm.--(The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series, ISSN 1074-598X) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-313-30882-9 (alk. paper) 1. London, Jack, 1876-1916. Call of the wild. 2. Gold mines and mining--Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--History--Sources. 3. Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries--Sources. 4. Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--In literature. 5. Gold mines and mining in literature. 6. Wolves in literature. 7. Dogs in literature. 1. Title. II. Series. PS3523.O46C3834 2000 813′.52--dc21 99-046038 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2000 by Claudia Durst Johnson All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-046038 ISBN: 0-313-30882-9 ISSN: 1074-598X First published in 2000 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America ∞ + ⃝ The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Copyright Acknowledgments The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission for the use of the following material: Excerpts from A DOG-PUNCHER ON THE YUKON by Arthur T. Walden. Copyright © 1928 by Arthur T. Walden. Copyright © renewed 1956 by Walden L. Ainsworth. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. PETA mission statement from its Web site 〈www.peta-online.org/about/index〉 . Reprinted by permission of PETA. "Nome Dogs Battle Blizzard." San Francisco Chronicle, Monday, February 2, 1925, pp. 1, 2. Reprinted by permission of the Associated Press. -iv- |