One night, Buck catches then releases a rabbit. Buck begins experiencing ancestral spiritual visions of a black wolf that acts as his guide throughout their travels. Throughout their travels, Buck gains the loyalty and trust of Perrault, Francoise and the other sled dogs, after proving himself along the way and even rescuing Francoise, antagonizing Spitz. Buck is introduced to the other dogs, including the vicious pack leader, a husky named Spitz. Perrault hopes that with Buck, he can make the long trek to the mail depot before the deadline. After arriving, Buck returns a dropped harmonica to a man named John Thornton, moments before being sold to Perrault and his assistant Francoise for their dog sled to deliver mail across the Yukon. During the voyage, a crew member beats him as a means of discipline. One night, Buck is abducted and shipped to the Yukon aboard a freighter.

Bernard/Scotch Collie, lives contentedly with his master, Judge Miller, in Santa Clara, California. Davor Blazevic 1959 ĭuring the late 19th century, Buck, a large, gentle St. Forced to fight to survive, eventually taken by his last owner, John Thornton, to proximity of the Arctic Circle, somewhere between Yukon and Alaska, he progressively depends on his primal instincts, sheds the comforts of civilization and responds to 'the call of the wild', as master of his own. As a newcomer to the dog team delivery service - and not before long their front-runner - Buck, a dog like no other, who had been spoiled, and who had suffered, but he could not be broken, is having the time of his life. Bernard and a Scotch shepherd whose carefree life of leisure was suddenly upset when he was stolen from his home in Santa Clara County, California and deported up north, to be sold in Skagway, Alaska, and taken further north, to Dawson City, Yukon, during the late 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand.

The Call of the Wild is a vibrant story of Buck, a big and kindhearted dog, a crossbreed between a St.

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