The Dog In Jack London's Call Of The Wild

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In Call of the wild by jack London Buck is a dog that lived with a man named judge miller in Santa Clara Valley. And was ruler of his domain. Buck was a trustful and very helpful dog. Also he walked judge miller’s kids. Everyone trusted Buck on the farm and buck trusted everybody on the farm. And He was neither an outside dog nor an inside dog. Buck was a companion to judge miller. Buck was an l40 pound shaggy half saint Bernard and German shepherd. Buck trusted everyone on the farm. But one night when the boys and judge miller were off doing something Manuel, one of the gardener’s helper, took buck up to a train he was sold to men that were named François and Perrault. When Buck was taken up to the Yukon to a man in a red sweater.

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