The she-wolf gives birth to a litter of five pups by the Mackenzie River, and all but one die from hunger. One Eye claimed her after defeating and killing a younger rival. When the pack finally brings down a moose, the famine is ended they eventually split up, and the story now follows a she-wolf and her mate, One Eye. The story then follows the pack, which has been robbed of its last prey. Finally, after all of their dogs and Bill have been eaten, more teams find Henry escaping from the wolves the wolf pack scatters when they hear the large group of people coming. The men, Bill and Henry, are stalked by a large pack of starving wolves over the course of several days. The story begins before the wolf-dog hybrid is born, with two men and their sled dog team on a journey to deliver the coffin of Lord Alfred to a remote town named Fort McGurry in the higher area of the Yukon Territory. The book also explores complex themes including morality and redemption.Īs early as 1925, the story was adapted to film, and it has since seen several more cinematic adaptations, including a 1991 film starring Ethan Hawke and a 2018 original film for Netflix. White Fang examines the violent world of wild animals and the equally violent world of humans. Much of White Fang is written from the viewpoint of the titular canine character, enabling London to explore how animals view their world and how they view humans. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild (1903), which is about a kidnapped, domesticated dog embracing his wild ancestry to survive and thrive in the wild. The story details White Fang's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. First serialized in Outing magazine between May and October 1906, it was published in book form in October 1906. White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London (1876–1916) - and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog.

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