tor classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title—offering clear, accurate, and readable text. all editions are complete and unabridged, and feature introductions and afterwords. 　　this edition of [i]the call of the wild[/i] includes a foreword, biographical note, and afterword by dwight swain. 　　kidnapped form his safe california home. thrown into a life-and-death struggle on the frozen artic wilderness. half st. bernard, half shepard, buck learns many hard lessons as a sled dog: the lesson of the leash, of the cold, of near-starvation and cruelty. and the greatest lesson he learns from his last owner, john thornton: the power of love and loyalty. 　　yet always, even at the side of the human he loves, buck feels the pull in his bones, an urge to answer his wolf ancestors as they howl to him.