10 Fascinating Facts About "The Call of the Wild" (Book written by Jack London)

Mental Floss ^ | August 3, 2015 | JOY LANZENDORFER

[Tadhg]

Jack London spent part of his youth in Oakland. There is a beautiful area on the water in Oakland named Jack London Square- shops, restaurants
There is a movement to rename it Barbara Lee Square - the communist congressman from the area

[ctdonath2]

My mother read that to me as a bedtime story once. We agreed it was a very good story, and that bedtime was a very bad time to read it. 45 years later it’s still a vivid and favorite memory.

[dsc]

Yep. I don’t know what it looks like now, but 40 years ago it was pretty rustic.

[notdownwidems]

Try “Lost Face”

[rellic]

Sea wolf is in my personal library, Call of the wild is not.

[Nailbiter]

flr

[chalkfarmer]

We read this every year in my English class. I’ve never had any complaints.

[Robert A Cook PE]

C S Forester.

[chalkfarmer]

I do have to turn the heat up sometimes!

[Oil Object Insp]

Yes.

Once a man has been cold, really cold, it’s never forgotten.

[Let's Roll]

Buck was CGI. What were they thinking?

[nothingnew]

4 later

FMCDH(BITS)

[HartleyMBaldwin]

If I can even say that I have a favorite Jack London story, it would be “Lost Face”. So many good ones, though.

[nicollo]

“His books are strong meat for the anemic generation that worships at the shrine of Henry James”

Haha!

[NetAddicted]

Rd later.