"The Call of the Wild" is a short adventure novel set in the Klondike Gold Rush, where a dog named Buck, a St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd mix, is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes more primitive and wild in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds his domestication and relies on instinct and experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.