'The facts of life took on a fiercer aspect and, while he faced that
aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature
aroused.'
The biting cold and the aching silence of the far North become an
unforgettable backdrop for Jack London's vivid, rousing, superbly
realistic wilderness adventure stories featuring the author's unique
knowledge of the Yukon and the behavior of humans and animals facing
nature at its cruelest.
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