White Fang

by Jack London

"The whole pack on haunches, with noses pointed skyward, was howling its hunger cry."

WHITE FANG

 

BY

JACK LONDON

AUTHOR OF "THE CALL OF THE WILD," "THE
SEA WOLF," ETC., ETC.

 

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.
1906

All rights reserved

Copyright, 1905,
By JACK LONDON.

Copyright, 1906,
By THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY.

Copyright, 1906,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

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Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1906.

 

Norwoord Press
J.S. Cushing & Co. — Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

CONTENTS

1. PART ONE

2. THE WILD

3. CHAPTER

   PAGE

4. I.

   The Trail of the Meat ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   3

5. II.

   The She-wolf ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   15

6. III.

   The Hunger Cry ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   30

7. PART TWO

8. BORN OF THE WILD

9. I.

   The Battle of the Fangs ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   49

10. II.

    The Lair ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    64

11. III.

    The Gray Cub ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    76

12. IV.

    The Wall of the World ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    84

13. V.

    The Law of Meat ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    101

14. PART THREE

15. THE GODS OF THE WILD

16. I.

    The Makers of Fire ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    113

17. II.

    The Bondage ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    130

18. III.

    The Outcast ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    143

19. IV.

    The Trail of the Gods ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    150

20. V.

    The Covenant ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    158

21. VI.

    The Famine ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    171

22. PART FOUR

23. THE SUPERIOR GODS

24. I.

    The Enemy of his Kind ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    187

25. II.

    The Mad God ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    202

26. III.

    The Reign of Hate ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    215

27. IV.

    The Clinging Death ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    223

28. V.

    The Indomitable ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    240

29. VI.

    The Love-Master ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    249

30. PART FIVE

31. THE TAME

32. I.

    The Long Trail ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    271

33. II.

    The Southland ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    279

34. III.

    The God's Domain ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    289

35. IV.

    The Call of Kind ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    305

36. V.

    The Sleeping Wolf ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    315

ILLUSTRATIONS

1. "The whole pack, on haunches, with noses pointed Skyward,was howling its hunger cry". ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   Frontispiece

2. FACING PAGE

3. "He watched the play of life before him" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   72

4. "They were fire-makers! They were gods!" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   128

5. "He felt the lurking of danger, unseen and unguessed" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   152

6. "To him, in appearance and action and impulse, still clung the Wild" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   190

7. "White Fang tore wildly around, trying to shake off the bulldog's body" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   228

8. "White Fang was howling as dogs howl when their masters lie dead" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   276

9. "In the woods, side by side, White Fang ran with Collie" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   314