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BL
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951714
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b706084
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Johnson, Claudia Durst,1938-
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| Title & Author
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Understanding The call of the wild : : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents /\ Claudia Durst Johnson.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Greenwood Press,, 2000.
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| Series Statement
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The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series,
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1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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031309036X
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: 9780313090363
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0313308829
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9780313308826
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248) and index.
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| Contents
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Preface; 1. Literary Analysis: Adventure and Myth; 2. The Alaskan Panhandle and the Yukon Territory; 3. The Yukon Gold Rush; 4. The Sled Dog; 5. Humans' Relationship with Animals: The Issue of Cruelty; 6. The Wolf: Symbol, Myth, and Issue; Index.
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| Abstract
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London's adventure tale The Call of the Wild explores the complex relationships between man and nature, and animals' struggle with their own nature in man's world. In this interdisciplinary study, a rich collection of primary documents point out the many issues that make this story as poignant and pertinent today as when it was written nearly a century ago. Compiled here for the first time is documentation from sources as varied as century-old newspaper accounts, legislative materials, advertisements, poetry, journals, and other startling firsthand accounts. The story's historical setting, the.
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London, Jack,1876-1916., Call of the wild
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Dogs in literature.
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Gold mines and mining in literature.
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Gold mines and mining-- Yukon-- Klondike River Valley-- History, Sources.
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Wolves in literature.
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Dogs in literature.
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Gold mines and mining.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Literature.
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Wolves in literature.
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Call of the wild (London, Jack)
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Klondike River Valley (Yukon), Gold discoveries, Sources.
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Klondike River Valley (Yukon), In literature.
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Yukon, Klondike River Valley.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.52
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PS3523.O46C3834 2000eb
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