The Son of the Wolf

This was Jack London’s first book, a collection of nine stories drawn straight from his own year in the Klondike gold fields. Set along the frozen trails of the Yukon, the tales follow prospectors, dog drivers, and Native people as they face starvation, cold, and each other under conditions that strip life to its essentials. The northern code of courage, loyalty, and sheer endurance runs through every page, and readers first met here the harsh, unsentimental frontier that would make London famous. The title story turns on a white man who claims a Native bride and must prove his ‘wolf’ toughness to her people. Free to download as a PDF and EPUB edition.