Where The Call of the Wild follows a tame dog going wild, White Fang runs the journey in reverse. Born in the frozen wilderness, three quarters wolf, White Fang learns early that the world is fang and club, and under a vicious owner he becomes a killing machine for the fighting pits.
Then one man treats him differently, and the slow, wary transformation that follows is some of the most moving animal writing ever done. Read both books and argue about which is better; households have been doing so for a century.
