内容简介
London’sadventuretaleTheCalloftheWildexploresthecomplexrelationshipsbetweenmanandnature,andanimals’strugglewiththeirownnatureinman’sworld。Inthisinterdisciplinarystudy,arichcollectionofprimarydocumentspointoutthemanyissuesthatmakethisstoryaspoignantandpertinenttodayaswhenitwaswrittennearlyacenturyago。Compiledhereforthefirsttimeisdocumentationfromsourcesasvariedascentury-oldnewspaperaccounts,legislativematerials,advertisements,poetry,journals,andotherstartlingfirsthandaccounts。Thestory’shistoricalsetting,theYukonGoldRush,isbroughtvividlyintofocusforreaders,withfirsthandaccountsoftheunimaginablehardshipsfacedbytheprospectorsintheKlondikeandAlaskanGoldFields。