a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents /
First Statement of Responsibility
Claudia Durst Johnson.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Westport, Conn. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Greenwood Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series,
ISSN of Series
1074-598X
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Preface; 1. Literary Analysis: Adventure and Myth; 2. The Alaskan Panhandle and the Yukon Territory; 3. The Yukon Gold Rush; 4. The Sled Dog; 5. Humans' Relationship with Animals: The Issue of Cruelty; 6. The Wolf: Symbol, Myth, and Issue; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
London's adventure tale The Call of the Wild explores the complex relationships between man and nature, and animals' struggle with their own nature in man's world. In this interdisciplinary study, a rich collection of primary documents point out the many issues that make this story as poignant and pertinent today as when it was written nearly a century ago. Compiled here for the first time is documentation from sources as varied as century-old newspaper accounts, legislative materials, advertisements, poetry, journals, and other startling firsthand accounts. The story's historical setting, the.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
Text of Note
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Understanding The call of the wild.
International Standard Book Number
9780313308826
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
London, Jack,1876-1916., Call of the wild
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Call of the wild (London, Jack)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Dogs in literature.
Gold mines and mining in literature.
Gold mines and mining-- Yukon-- Klondike River Valley-- History, Sources.
Wolves in literature.
Dogs in literature.
Gold mines and mining.
LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
Literature.
Wolves in literature.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Klondike River Valley (Yukon), Gold discoveries, Sources.