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Highly recommended.” — Jonathan Auerbach, University of Maryland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eReferences and Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eJack London: A Brief Chronology\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Call of the Wild\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: The Klondike in Reality and Myth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Tappan Adney, \u003cem\u003eThe Klondike Stampede\u003c\/em\u003e (1900)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom A.C. Harris, \u003cem\u003eAlaska and the Klondike Gold Fields\u003c\/em\u003e (1897)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: The Animal Story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eFrom Charles G.D. Roberts, \u003cem\u003eThe Kindred of the Wild:A Book of Animal Life\u003c\/em\u003e (1902)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Darwin on Dogs and Men\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Charles Darwin, \u003cem\u003eThe Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication\u003c\/em\u003e (1868)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Charles Darwin, \u003cem\u003eThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex\u003c\/em\u003e (1871)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Charles Darwin, \u003cem\u003eThe Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals\u003c\/em\u003e (1872)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix D: Outside and Inside Dogs in the Northland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Edward Jesse, \u003cem\u003eAnecdotes of Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e (1858)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Tappan Adney, \u003cem\u003eThe Klondike Stampede\u003c\/em\u003e (1900)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Jack London, “Husky—The Wolf-Dog of the North” (1900)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix E: Instinct, Memory, Recapitulation, and Atavism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Herbert Spencer, \u003cem\u003eThe Principles of Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e (1855, 1890)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Ernst Haeckel, \u003cem\u003eThe History of Creation\u003c\/em\u003e (1868, 1880)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Samuel Butler, \u003cem\u003eLife and Habit\u003c\/em\u003e (1878)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Charles Darwin, \u003cem\u003eThe Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication\u003c\/em\u003e (1868)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Myers O’Hara, “Atavism” (1902)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix F: London’s First Dog Story\u003cbr\u003eJack London, “Bâtard” (1902, 1904)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix G: Extracts from London’s Correspondence (1902–1916)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to Cloudesley Johns (6 January 1902)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to Anna Strunsky (11 February 1902)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to George P. Brett (28 April 1902)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to George P. Brett (21 November 1902)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to Anna Strunsky (20 December 1902)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to Anna Strunsky (7 January 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to George P. Brett (12 February 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to George P. Brett (25 February 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to George P. Brett (10 March 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to Anna Strunsky (13 March 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to George P. Brett (25 March 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to George P. Brett (2 April 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to George P. Brett (10 April 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to George P. Brett (24 July 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to George P. Brett (10 August 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to George P. Brett (15 August 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to Merle Maddern (28 August 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to Marshall Bond (17 December 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to George P. Brett (5 December 1904)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to John M. O’Hara (25 July 1907)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to Karl E. Harriman (12 December 1910)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to Edgar G. Sisson (30 January 1915)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to Frank A. Garbutt (5 February 1915)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to H.E. Kelsey (3 April 1915)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Letter to Loen Weilskov (16 October 1916)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix H: Reviews of \u003cem\u003eThe Call of the Wild\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Saturday Review of Books and Art\u003c\/em\u003e (25 July 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eOutlook\u003c\/em\u003e (25 July 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom George Hamlin Fitch, \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e (2 August 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eArgonaut\u003c\/em\u003e (3 August 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Mary Calkins Brooke, [San Francisco] \u003cem\u003eBulletin\u003c\/em\u003e (23 August 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eAthenaeum\u003c\/em\u003e (29 August 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eComrade\u003c\/em\u003e (September 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Florence Jackson, \u003cem\u003eOverland Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e (September 1903)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom J. 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