The story begins before the wolf-dog hybrid is born, with two men and their sled dog team on a journey to deliver the coffin of Lord Alfred to a remote town named Fort McGurry in the higher area of the See more

• White Fang, the novel's protagonist; a wolfdog who was born wild but becomes more dog-like after Gray Beaver domesticates him. He gets bullied by Lip-lip and was forced … See more

Critics have identified many underlying themes in the novel. Tom Feller describes the story as "an allegory of humanity's progression from … See more

The novel is partly an autobiographical allegory based on London's conversion from teenage hoodlum to married, middle-class writer. In … See more

Since the novel has been published it has been translated into over 89 different languages and released as a three-volume Braille See more

Upon its release, White Fang was an immediate success worldwide, and became especially popular among younger readers. Robert Greenwood called White Fang "one of London's most interesting and ambitious works." Virginia Crane claims that … See more

The novel has been adapted into numerous pictures and sequels, animated specials, as well as an audiobook format. A television series, White Fang, was filmed in Arrowtown, New Zealand, in 1993.
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