Brown Wolf

It’s hard—downright impossible, even—to tame a timber wolf. Especially one that, as soon as it regains its strength, dashes north toward Oregon and disappears, only to be brought back to California. And this happens so often that it hardly makes an impression anymore. Until one day, a gold prospector returns from the deep north to visit his sister in California. Wolf, who until that moment wouldn’t let anyone else near him, is overcome with emotion and starts jumping up and kissing the stranger… A very unusual scene, which perhaps has an explanation…

„The Brown Wolf“ is a collection of short stories by the renowned Jack London. In them, the power of the human spirit is vividly and uniquely portrayed. Free and strong men who struggle to overcome insurmountable obstacles on the brink of exhaustion and against nature. The primary virtues of all the characters are honesty, bravery, self-sacrifice, friendship, and loyalty. But no one is stronger than nature…