White Fang By Jack London

The novel opens as two men, Bill and Henry, carry the dead body of Lord Albert south to be buried Over the course of the journey, their dog sled is pursued by a hungry pack of wolves The sled dogs are picked off one by one as they try to join the pack The dogs are lured by the she-wolf running with the pack, who is part dog herself and knows how to communicate with them Soon, Bill is eaten by the pack Just as Henry is about to be eaten by the wolves, he is rescued by soldiers who are looking for Lord Albert

The wolf pack runs away and travels together The she-wolf is courted by several other members of the pack A wolf named One Eye finally succeeds, and they go off to hunt together The she-wolf becomes pregnant, and they find a cave where she bears her young There is a famine, and all of her litter die of starvation except for one cub, a little gray wolf One Eye does not return from his hunting

One day the cub and she-wolf encounter Indians One of them calls to the she-wolf by a strange name: Kiche They name the cub White Fang Kiche and White Fang become the dogs of one Indian named Gray Beaver When they reach the Indian camp, White Fang is tormented by an older puppy named Lip-lip White Fang learns that Gray Beaver is his master, and that he can never bite Gray Beaver He is abused by all the dogs in the Indian camp, and becomes vicious and ferocious

White Fang is put on the sled team of Gray Beaver?s son, Mit-sah After they return to the camp, famine strikes again, and White Fang goes into the Wild to live When the famine passes, he returns to Gray Beaver and travels with him to Fort Yukon, where Gray Beaver becomes addicted to whiskey He sells White Fang to Beauty Smith, who keeps him caged and forces him to fight other dogs He becomes a killer He wins every fight until he comes up against Cherokee, a mastiff Cherokee?s jaws clamp down on his throat and he can?t escape Weedon Scott, a stranger visiting the area, rescues him

Weedon Scott and his friend Matt realize how intelligent White Fang is and try to tame him, but are unsuccessful at first Scott shows White Fang that he will not be cruel White Fang begins to love Scott, and when Scott has to go back to his home in California, White Fang forces Scott to take him along

White Fang is out of place in California, and is not entirely trusted by the Scott family One of Scott?s dogs, Collie, particularly distrusts him However, White Fang dramatically proves himself First, White Fang saves Scott by getting help when Scott falls off his horse and breaks his leg Then, he earns the title ?Blessed Wolf? by killing an escaped convict who was intent on murdering Weedon Scott?s father