buck is the name of the main canine character in jack london call of the wild.
buck is the name of the main canine character in jack london call of the wild.
what is the name of the main canine character in jack london call of the wild?
buck
the history of the jack london piece remains unclear, but it was likely created in 1903. putnam and jack london were good friends. the animal depicted in the sculpture has been identified as "old buck", the resilient dog from london's major work, "the call of the wild". research supported by the huntington library confirms that jack london owned the piece in 1916.









































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bullet::::- the bohemian club, san francisco (primitive man)









































bullet::::- fine arts museum of san francisco, the m.h. de young museum









































bullet::::- fine arts museums of san francisco, palace of legion of honor (spreckels collection)
arthur putnam
in 1915, albert payson terhune penned his first canine short story, "his mate", basing the main canine character on his real-life rough collie lad. after the short story's publication in the january 1916 issue of "red book magazine", terhune began writing additional short stories. the "lad stories" were published in the "saturday evening post", "ladies' home journal", "hartford courant" and the "atlantic monthly", though "red book" remained the most consistent purchaser of the stories. terhune collected twenty of the stories into a novel form, publishing it as "lad: a dog" in 1919, the year after the real lad died. the novel was well received by critics and readers, becoming a best seller.
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