The Jack London Library

White Fang Part 4 Chapter 2 - The Mad God

In which the harsh and unyielding hand of Beauty Smith, a cruel and twisted man, falls upon White Fang, wresting him from the protection of Grey Beaver and installing him under a new, severe dominion at the fort. The fierce loyalty and fierce spirit of the wild dog confronts a grim trial of bondage and brutality, beneath the gaze of a mad god whose reign is merciless and absolute.

White Fang Part 4 Chapter 1 - The Enemy of His Kind

In which the fierce and solitary White Fang, burdened with the unenviable role of sled-leader, finds himself bitterly at odds with his pack, his wild nature embittered by constant hostility and enforced submission that turn him into the implacable enemy of his own kind. Upon arriving at Fort Yukon amid the throng of gold-hunters, he encounters white men and their dogs—creatures strange and weak in comparison—against whom he wages a cunning warfare, always wary of the power wielded by these new gods of the land.

White Fang Part 3 Chapter 6 - The Famine

In which White Fang, now a year old and growing in strength and stature, asserts his place among the village dogs, learning the hard lessons of respect and conflict in the wild sphere of their society. The great famine brings hardship and hunger, forcing him to fend for himself in the forest, where his cunning and endurance see him through the cruelest of trials until he returns to the village changed yet resolute.

White Fang Part 3 Chapter 5 - The Covenant

In which the young White Fang is harnessed to a sled and learns the stern discipline and harsh laws that govern the relations between dogs and their human masters, navigating enmity within the pack and the unforgiving demands of his new life. His loyalty to his master is born not of affection but of duty and fear, as he grows fierce, solitary, and vigilant in defending the possessions and person of the man who commands him.

White Fang Part 3 Chapter 4 - The Trail of the Gods

In which the young wolf-dog, stirred by a sudden longing for freedom, slips away from the bustling summer camp only to face the daunting solitude and perils of the wild, where his memories and instincts both comfort and haunt him. His flight, long and arduous, leads him back to the frail sanctuary of the human camp, where the harsh yet tender dominion of man offers him a reluctant but certain refuge.