I think I have a copy of it somewhere.

I've read it...A very long time ago, but still.

I've heard of it, and I actually own it... but I haven't read it quite yet and had to leave my book at home. D: *fail* Definitely on my "to-read" list, though~

sdfjaksjf how-- ;____;

i read that when i was like, 7. (albeit an kid's abridged version but....)

Its a classic! Own and have read it, that's pretty sad that no one knew what it was. Thus is public schools these days I suppose.

Heard of it, seen bits of the movie, don't really care. Wolves aren't my thing.

Thats not really the point.

What? I answered the question but elaborated, what's not really the point?

I've read it, but it was an edited version.

I liked it! I'm suprised not more know about it though x.x

I owned the movie as a kid o -o

WTF!!?? How do so many furries NOT know about it? It's a true classic- I own a copy somewhere, and read it several times years ago. Great book, to be sure!

didn't read the book but i saw the movie(s)

White Fang, Stonefox and Call of the Wild. Oh my childhood <3

Stonefox...that damn book/movie made me cry D:

Stonefox made me cry, too!

Did you ever read any books by Jean Craighead George?

I don't think so. Do you know of any titles by them?

Julie of the Wolves, Vulpes, Julie.

Ohhh I read Julie of the wolves once.

I love that book so much <3

I don't have any sort of Kindle thing but I read White Fang probably about three times when I was in elementary school. I also read Call of the Wild and that To Build a Fire story from Jack London too. I guess I read my share of dog books back then though like Where the Red Fern Grows and Old Yeller too. Oddly enough I also spent time reading stuff like Cat's Cradle from Vonnegut and Tunnel in the Sky along with Robinson Carusoe.

that book by jack london? i've read it and i looove it. it always makes me sad tho lol

Don't hate me. I've never read the book but I watched the cartoon show religiously as a kid. It had a blonde girl in pigtails (Wendy?) who I remember as looking like Penny from Inspector Gadget, lol. Wendy's father was a dentist named Scott. I can't believe I remember all that. :P

YES. When I was a wee kid. That and Call of the Wild, Stone Fox, and a few others. :D

White Fang was a required reading in grade school for me. I loved the TV series too. I figured that book was as well known as Balto o_o

I have three different versions of the book and a number of variations of the movie :)

I've read it. I was a volunteer at the local library one year and I saw this book and I picked it up and started reading it.

White Fang will always hold a special place in my heart as one of my favorite novels of all time. I read it originally when I was 10 (the full version, I literally kept a dictionary beside me while reading it XD) and I've read it several times over the years since then. I wasn't a huuuuge fan of Call of the Wild, but White Fang? Definitely.

Unfortunately it doesn't surprise me how many people have never read it. It seems like reading for recreation alone is becoming something of a rarity nowadays.

I admit my own reading has slipped a bit, which I remedy as much as possible. I read White Fang at a young age as well and I guess i assumed that everyone else who loves animals had read it too!

Quite honestly, I'd assumed the same too! Jack London was one of my favorite authors back then (and still is) and I remember doing a huge essay on him at some point. And I'll admit, though it strayed from the book, I actually did love the movie and own it somewhere. =X I even ended up recognizing Jed, the dog who played White Fang, in some other movie down the road. Can't remember what, but yeah.

I'll admit I can't read as much I used to or would like to, but I almost always have a book on me to read when I get a few free minutes. It's how I spend my lunchtime at work too!

I remember reading it when I was in elementary school, that and Call of the Wild

I read it as a kid. I actually think it was required reading for the school I went to.

The Jack London book? Yes, I've heard of it. I think I've read it, but the plot summary on Wikipedia is leading me to believe otherwise.

I've read the book and watched the movie. Both of which were great to me. It's a shame more furs don't know of this book.

Love it! I have Kindle on my iPad.

All the OZ books are free,
Grimm Fairy Tales,
King Arthur,
Pride and Prejudice

I've heard of it but never found a copy. I guess I could get a kindle but I'm not much of a text reader. I like audio books and podcasts instead. I just don't have the time to sit and read. I wish I did. There's so many things I would read if I had the chance and could find copies.

Didn't even know it was a book, had the film as a kid though.

I had to read it in school. It was actually one of the few books that I did enjoy reading. I have a Call of the Wild/White Fang combo book in my room actually.

Ooh, used to read it all the time in grade school...(I'd think more people would know about White Fang..) especially furries..

I've heard of it, certainly. I haven't actually read it, though. I read a little bit of The Call of the Wild when I was a kid, but for some reason I never could get into the book. Which is odd since I was usually pretty fond of animal fables and stories like that. They're both on my list of books I should read at some point in my life, though.

Some people can't get over the vocabulary, haha!

I understood the vocabulary just fine. That's not something that has ever been a problem for it. The book just bored me.

I think I misunderstood your comment, truly sorry! (I think I misread it to say something like the vocabulary was making it hard to get into the book) D: But yeah, understandable. It's not a book for everyone, anyway, and it doesn't need to be. Everyone should have their own preferred things! :3

I read it a long time ago. I remember bits and pieces of it, and that the ending made me cry. Can't remember why though...

It had a very happy ending though!

You're right, it was Call of the Wild that made me cry! I read White Fang just before CotW so I get them mixed up.

I preferred London's 'Call of the Wild' but have definitely read and heard of White Fang.
~Kai

Kindle also has a whole slew of Fairy Tales books free: from england, japan, north american, etc.

Jack London's "White Fang"? Yeah... I've read it some years back in High School. Not a bad story.

BTW... did you make it to FC? They had you down for a panel discussion last Friday.

Yes, I was there That panel was canceled, I guess no one knew. :/

Bummer, cause I was hoping to see it, but no one at the info desk knew or said anything.

That was my only gripe about FC... your panel wasn't the only one. A panel titled "Astronomy Down Under" was another one (Saturday) that I wanted to see and a bunch of us sat around for about 30 minutes. Eventually we left.

Bummer... I was hoping to hear what you had to discuss. Oh well.... Thanks for clearing that up.

Not that one, but I did read "Call of the Wild" which was quite good.

Good ol' Jack London.

I don't think most people read, to be honest. My first two books were The Call of the Wild and Born Free (back in second grade); I devoured those and eagerly bought more. I kinda grew up with the assumption that other young kids read the kind of literature I did, but as an adult I realized most kids grew up with comic books and TV shows. Spider Man is more recognizable to most people than Mowgli, you know.

Most people I meet outside the fandom don't know where the name Bagheera came from. Even if they did, they would say "I loved that cartoon as a kid". I don't think they ever realized the cartoon was based on a classical work of literature.

how sad D:

I read Call of the Wild and White Fang as a kid too (I own Call of the Wild (paperback) but I'm not sure I have White Fang), also a few Kipling tales :) I loved reading, but I was also somewhat antisocial.... well mostly antisocial. Books and pets were grand companions, and still are

*facepalms* Oh THAT's where your name comes from. I think I saw the cartoon once when i was 5 and I barely remember it now.

The book is much better... :>

this makes 2 books to add to my reading list.

I read The Jungle Book when I was a little kid, though it was not my first book ever. That I read at the age of three, and it was a children's book, written by a [urlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfried_Preu%C3%9Fler]German author[/url], who wrote several nice and classic children's books :)
Very unfortunate for my eager reading child-self I was not allowed to go to the library. So I had to reread my books over and over again. I must have read my 12 books about the black stallion at least a dozen times. But I've always been a reader ever since, unfortunately reading on screens is too straining for my eyes.

I now have that urge to look into getting all those beautiful, classic English children's books for a good read - I admit it. I love children's books. Still. And books for youths. I'm a hopeless case ^^

My master's favourite tomcat was called Bagheera, and I loved him very much.

I have it, but I've only read Call of the Wild.

Figured one is the reverse of the other, so...

I read it , good book

Years ago my dad bought me a Jack London anthology and that was the first one I read. I've still got the book and it remains on of my all-time favorites. As for the free books, I would recommend any of the classics. I really like Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Beowulf (big surprise right? XD), Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, The Invisible Man and The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells, and the Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Now if you like science fiction, here's a link to a free library provided by Baen publishers: http://baen.com/library/ I can't recommend K.D. Wentworth's Black/on/Black and Stars/over/Stars highly enough. I read those books multiple times a year, and I love them even more and more every time. They're free to download and there are also plenty of others that would be a good read.

I actually just nabbed the Count of Monte Cristo for a bit of a read. :D Thanks for the link to Baen.

More than welcome! I'll tell ya though that the Count of Monte Cristo isn't exactly what I'd call 'a bit of a read'. It's a hefty undertaking, but its such a great book it doesn't really matter.

It is a beautiful and most incredible novel; although more of a sequel to "Call of the Wild" theoretically and as many professors speculate, on its own, fantastic. It seems to draw out the continuing theme in most of London's books of Darwinism and survival of the fittest which is why I have always been able to relate to them. White Fang was actually my ending thesis in my English Comp 2 class last semester and I realized that White Fang is nothing more than the retelling of the sequence of evolution- which is something I'm so passionate about. Gripping, compelling, exciting and truthful- all in all, a great classic to grow up with.


My ex actually had never read Where the Wild Things Are- suffice to say, I'm glad we aren't together anymore :P

It is a pity when people pass on it as just a wolf story, when it's so much more than that!

NO KIDDING

And to be quite honest, my professor turned me on to the theme of Darwinism because he (as I learned and the REASON my thesis was White Fang ;P) is a HUGE fan of London's books. I reread it again and it's such an eye opener to see it from that perspective, y'know :o?

Funny that you mention Darwinism in relation to Jack London cause I am currently working through Sea Wolf and the page I just read mentions Darwin.

whhhaattttt

Apparently Jack London novels make you psychic...

The Sea Wolf is probably my favorite London work....

As for White Fang, it and Call of the Wild were required reading when I was in school. But I'd already read them by the time I get there. I'd always wanted to see Alaska after reading them, and that led, round-about, to living here now.

It's hard to believe that people these days, especially in the fandom, don't know these books. It makes me sad...

Evolution is one of my passions, and I've read White Fang, but I've never made that connection! Of course, I read it a long time ago...

Now I am intrigued.

I've seen the movie but I've not found the time to red the book yet. Just so many classics to read and sooo little time.

I loved White Fang. And Call of the Wild. I was one of the few kids who read them both on my own time and never had them as assigned reading.

White Fang was one of the first novels I read ^^

Read it, loved it and would definately recommend it!

Of course I've read it! D: Wtf furries

wtf indeed.

I have a copy and read it... maybe 5 years ago +/-. I always that was a popular book. I guess Call of the Wild was more popular.

o.O

Have you heard of the bible?

When I was a kid and planning on running away from home (I made plans for this every other month, mostly because it was fun), I always packed two books to take with me: White Fang and The Call of the Wild. ...Sort of a variant on the "What book would you want to have with you if you were trapped on a deserted island" question. I was making White Fang fanart and fanfiction before I knew what fanworks were.

Of course, this was before I first read The Jungle Book or Watership Down, but still.

That's astonishing that a furry wouldn't have even heard of it. Of course, I do have a friend who's been in the fandom longer than I have, and who didn't know who Anubis is/was, not even peripherally.

I think there is a large portion of the fandom that has never heard of it; most of the people I asked didnt know of it, and if so, only as an older movie.

Read it full and unedited in 6th grade. :3

Probably what got me thinking about conciousness. XD

Anyone who has read abridged versions of White Fang or Call of the Wild should read the full version.

If you haven't read it at all, please hand in your membership card. ;)

Have it readed it! Also amazed people haven't :O It's so good (and so sad :()

It was one of the first chapter books I have ever read =] Being as how I was about 8 years old. I'm pretty much one of your standard bookworms. I read Watership Down about the same year I read White Fang xD I am a bit amazed how so many haven't heard of it. It is seriously a good read, I haven't read it in a long while, but now that you have brought it up, I just might find a copy and read it again =] I love Jack London's books <3

I don't think I've read that one, but I did read "Call of the Wild."

I thought more furries would have read Jack London growing up.

I read Call of the Wild and White Fang as a kid.

Speaking of childhood books, I was at a hardware store recently and, overcome by a weird flashback, I cried out "Ooh.. a hatchet!", somehow triggered by a memory of reading Hatchet as a kid.

BAZILLIONS OF ANSWERS.

But yes, I read White Fang when I was rather young. We had a box set of classic children's literature, including Kipling's The Jungle Book (all the stories, not just Mowgli's), Black Beauty (will always make me cry, poor Ginger) and White Fang. It also had Peter Pan and a few others I can't quite recall.

It's been years since I've been able to read a "proper" book but I can remember odds and ends of it, specifically the part where he tries to lick the fire and burns his nose and tongue, it made me chuckle.

Its one of those that I used to own, along with another. they came in a free order of from scholastic when I was a kid. They were so thick that I didn't bother reading them. Though I had heard of some kids in other classes were required to read it as a part as an assignment, but I never was. Now, I feel that if they give it away for free, it must be terrible. haha But who knows, it may be a good one. Definitely a furry vibe about it, you are right. I'm also surprised more wolf furries hadn't read it.

..wow. thats what i get for posting at 2am. sorry for all the typos. haha *goes to sleep*

I've read White fang, and I've also read Kazan, which is a similar story written by James Oliver Curwood, who was much more famous during the time it was printed. I'm tempted to say that london was just some knockoff, really :/
Anyhow, I'd highly suggest reading Kazan, and Baree, Son of Kazan by Curwood. He has some other animal-centered stories that are good, too (The Grizzly King and Nomads of the North to start with). And I'm pretty sure his books are free for the Kindle?

Hah.
I saw the Disney movie when I was a kid and tried to read it shortly there after, but it was honestly above my reading level at the time.
I have since read a big chunk of Jack London's stuff, but I don't think I've ever come back to that one though. I was thinking about it the other day.

The recent Android update seems to have changed kindle slightly and I'm having trouble finding things. I will look more for suggestions tomorrow.

Read it, didn't realize there was a movie, though not surprised.

Ah, of course! Jack London is my favorite author!

Heard of it ... read it many years ago.

Treasure Island is a great book and I think it's free online these days.

Feel better.

Heard of it and read it and seen multiple movie variants of it.
It's boggling that more people don't know about it.
Oh, and as an aside. I didn't get you guys sick. You have something else entirely, and I was already symptoming when I visited, so you had to have caught it before that. XP

Heard of it and read it multiple times. I might just give it another read since I haven't read it recently.

I have read the book several times and watched the movie I don't even like to read but I still love that book it is one of only two books I actually like to read

Really good story. one of my favorite as a child. alongside "My Side of the Mountain", "Where the Red Fern Grows", "The Call of the Wild", and "Incident at Hawks Hill".

wight fang and the accompanied book call of the wiled were grate books

I read it when I was a small kid.. again as a preteen and have seen the movie quite a few times since i was like 5 It's a great story.

I used to love the TV series! And I saw the live action movie but don't remember too much about it, and I own the book but it might have been too difficult for me to finish (I should go back and read it, now that I can). I guess it's sort of an older story - I haven't heard anything about it for ages until today.

lol I used to go by "white fang" when I was like 7. XD

I've read it about 5 times. XD I love it.

White Fang is my second "wolf" book when I was little. (My first wolf book is "Jungle book")
And these 2 books are the main reason make me love wolves!

Heard of, read, and watched part of a movie adaptation of it. C:

O_o
I thought everyone knew it...I had to read it in the sixth grade, and I still read it once in a while,. I have two copies, and now a digital copy on my Kindle. I'm surprised there are people who haven't even heard of it.

^
As for recommendations, I'm pretty sure almost all of Jack London's books are there. The Sea Wolf has always been my favorite, and I'm currently reading Ivanhoe. I have over 200 books from the free lists on my Kindle. There are tons of them. Basically, if it was written before 1930, it is most likely either free or under $6.

I have had the complete and unabridged paperback edition of White Fang ever since I was a little kid, the cover illustration of my edition blew puny mind back then - http://cdn1.iofferphoto.com/img/ite.....8/383/fTbZ.jpg

Movie is nothing like the book, but both are enjoyable to me on different levels. Almost anything written by Jack London is enjoyable though! White Fang formed a huge part of my childhood imagination, hard to believe any fur wouldn't know of it!

That's the same copy I had! :) And agree, the movie was also great but in a different way.

I haven't heard about it :T Must be lame.

Get out of my internet.

Heard of it, never read it. Story by jack London about a gold prospector and his wolf-dog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31b1tUMBExg
I think a lot of Canadian kids who grew up in the 90s watched this show, and so it is deeply ingrained in our psyches. ;]

Oh I read it a few times. It's a great story!

I don't know much about the ebook section though.

It came out before I was born and I have a copy of the VHS, and the book, and have read it many times. Wow

I have read it! It was a very long time ago, but it's still shocking that someone could have not heard of it!

read it. own the book. seen the series, own that too. lol. have the audiobook too.

Heard of it? I loved that book when I was younger. Read the hell out of it. I'm surprised they hadn't heard of it. o_o

I've heard of it and I have the book but haven't read it yet! :<

I love both White Fang and Call of the Wild, read them both over and over

Dude White Fang was probably the first "long" book I've ever read. I love both White Fang and The Call of the Wild. They end oppositely but are both equally awesome imo. I love books that are written through the understanding of an animal. The Richard Adams animal books are on my list (Traveller, Watership Down, The Plague Dogs [started it then watched the animated film]). Cujo was also a pretty neat book. Charlotte's Web! The Grand Escape is one about house cats that get out of the house and meet a band of strays (a kids' book with some nice sketch illustrations). Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Right now I'm reading a neat book called Sharp Teeth, written in free verse about modern lycanthropes in urban L.A., they tie into the crime syndicate and all that jazz... the free verse format is really interesting to read and controls the pace of the book... anyway... what am I getting at here... oh yeah...

White Fang is one of my favorite books and I knew about it loooooooooong before I ever knew anything about anthros or furries or lycanthropes or therians, or that there were other kids out there that wanted to be the dog when they played "house" with their friends.

Just.....wow. It's one of the first stories I remember reading. I also have the TV show on DVDs.

I read that book as an English assignment, I had not heard of it prior to that assignment though I don't live in an English speaking country so I donno if that is still sad/weird that I hadn't. I liked both White Fang and Call of the Wild however and I've been wanting to look more into classical literature (though no luck so far due to lack of funds). Dracula, Frankenstein, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, these sorts of things.

of course I know it <33 I also remember the movieeee <3

not sure what section you are talking about but i read white fang twice - when i was 10 and then in 15

both i had great time reading it, also i can advise you red wolf but the same author Jack London

definately heard of it. don't remember for sure if i've read it or not. some decade or another it might even have been on high school english reading lists, or i thought it was. hell i may have read it. i've read so many things and it's been so long.

I've read it several times and I also have a comic book based of the book.
I've seen the movie as well, but I like the book better!
:)

I've heard of it, read it and concluded that I wasn't over keen on the writing style.

Oh I've heard of it, own it, read it lots of times, and it's one of my favorite books^^

Read it years ago. I've noticed the same that not many furries talk about it... It's a shame, but maybe there just are furries who read books and furries who don't read them. Or then they prefer novels/novellas by contemporary furry authors.

I read it many many years ago. It's one of those I'd love to read again, but finding time to just read a book these days seems about impossible.

Mm Jack London is a great author ^w^ you should probably check out 'Call of the Wild' too

I've heard of White Fang! ^ ^
I there was a White Fang show at one point. Watched a few episodes of it growing up.

Loved White Fang when I read it in... sixth grade? I need to read it again sometime.

heard of it think I might of watch a movie by that name but not sure

Read both White Fang and Call of the Wild. Good stuff.

TT^TT
how can people NOT know what it is?!!
Ive read the book so many times, but i can only get it from my school library and cant find it in any shops TT^TT
I have, and Love the film aswell :3

I have read that book at least once, and own it. I too am shocked, that book's a classic!

Whoah, I too am shocked that furries don't know White Fang. o_o;

I've seen the live action movie, and I've been since looking for a version of the book that isn't abridged

Read it and loved it!
So sorry you are sick :( Feel better soon.
Project Gutenburg has a whole huge free library and a list of the 100 top books ( http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top )if you feel like browsing... includes some awesome ones

# The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete by Leonardo da Vinci (446) ( adding this to MY list of things to read)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (374) which I am reading now
Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (271) which in the original I can read over and over, I love how dark and twisty they are!
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (194) - fairly short, but damn, I liked this story, haven't read it in ages though
The Call of the Wild by Jack London (173) Adore this book... used to read it and White Fang side by side so often
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (163) which I haven't read yet but need to :)
# The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe (162) could read these all day, Poes writing is so fantastic
# The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (162) I used to adore these as a kid.. could read them over and over, want to go back and read them all now :)
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (157) Started this and really want to go back and read it again, as I remember really enjoying it

And I'll stop cluttering up your comments now, but you wanted suggestions and I LOVE books... so yeah...

I was 5 when I heard of it, but my whole family has always enjoyed stuff with animals.

Fffff I freakin' OWN it! Two copies right now I think, and I had more than that at one point in time but I traded one for a book from my teacher that I didn't have. xD And this was well before I knew of anything "furry." I've also seen the movie, which wasn't too bad, at least the one I saw on TV. I'm not sure if there are more than one movie or not :/

I don't remember if I've read the book or not when I was younger.. I have seen and own both White Fang movies as well as the movie done for Call of the Wild

People haven't read it? Wow. I've read it and Call of the Wild. Have them in 2-in-1 book which I got for cheap.

I have a copy of white fang that my gran bought me when I was 10. Immediately devoured it. It still remains in my top 25 books that I must have copies of. It's a fun list to make!

I read it as a kid, one of my classes required it.

I think I was the only kid in class that liked it, though. The others hated it because it was required reading.

I have read part of it, but it doesnt leave a pleasant taste in my mouth as far as books go.
My sister read it cover to cover when she was about 9 I think, she didnt pick up another animal book for a year and since has kept to fantasy books because "the animals aren't so abused"

Know of it, have read it, both recently and when I was younger, along with most of Jack London's other work as well.

I know of it, it's a wonderful book, and I've read it.
Actually, I'm currently in the process of re-reading it, 'cause I found it in my closet and was like "Oooh!".
So yeah. I love Jack London's work.
How can people not know about this? D:

You can read Call of the Wild online for free at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/215

Also, White Fang: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/910

I feel like White Fang is a book that people tend to read as kids (Call of the Wild, White Fang, Black Beauty, Rascal were all books I read when young).. So, maybe it reflects on reading curriculum or literary exposure of those when young? I'm always kind of surprised when people have never heard of Aesop's Fables, or greek myths.

Yes...I certainly have!

. . . there was about him a suggestion of lurking ferocity, as though the Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.

Read it a long time ago. As for Kindle, sadly, I haven't found much worth reading in the free section. If you can afford to buy a book or two, some of Kyell Gold's books are available in Kindle edition.

White Fang is a classic. Although Jack London wrote about wolves before man had a good working knowledge of wolf behavour, his writing style was great.

Not many people these days read. Notice how many read the abridge edition, the children's version or just watched the movie.

I read it in grade 4 and still know the story.

I actually have a huge hardback copy of Jack London's great works as an anthology and White Fang is the first one in there.

I know about and have read White Fang - actually, I read it in the fourth grade, so I've known about it for a while. I've also read Call of the Wild.

The copy of the book I had got so used it was falling apart :< course it was old too the book definitely goes a bit more into where the movie didn't, like him first seeing the outside of the den and much more

I have like 4 copies lying in my library. it's good, I also have a vig childrens book version
Julie of the wolves is a good book too

It was one of my favorite books when I was younger - 11 years old or so. Really nice story.

Yep, read it. :3

It was assigned reading back in Junior High School int he 70's, but I haven't picked it up since. Jack London isn't as well known as he once was.

But then Roz nailed it, the new generation doesn't read and doesn't want to, with the exception of those snared by Harry Potter. But people don't read much for pleasure any more and schools ore of MUCh lower quality now than they werein the 70's and 80's

Scott

You can say that again.

In fact a lot of the books on the most popular reading lists nowadays are sometimes so poorly written that one begins to question if writers still know how to write AND editors have forgotten how to edit.

There's seriously people that have never heard of White Fang?!

I have definitely heard of White Fang! I sadly have not read it (though it is on my list of books to read someday).

not only heard of but read it, several times among my childhood, call of the wild as well, and the last one of the series too. But then i don't really consider myself a furry either; so i'm probably not a good one to judge by.

Oh, good heavens, do I even need to answer this? :)

While my strange mad fascination with the wolf may not have been prompted by Jack London, it was sure as heck shaped by it. That and 'The Call of the Wild' -- stories of the dog who went to the wild, and the wild wolf who came in from the snow. Oh, how they quicken my heart even now. *wag*

There's practically everything of Jack London's on http://gutenberg.org/, of course, but I always did have a perverse affection for Bâtard, which seems to lurk only in the anthology [URL=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1096]The Faith Of Men[/I].

Lemme try that again: The Faith Of Men

Read it in middle school. My Dad actually got me into Jack London.

Read it as a kit. Can't recall a thing about it. Guess I need to go re-read it, huh? XD

I've read it and saw the movie

Try mentioning "Lad of Sunnybrook" and see if anyone knows who your talking about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lad,_A_Dog

I have read so many of Terhune's stories that I have completely lost track.

Only heard of it, never read it yet.

i only know of the cartoon.

I've read it, loved it and am still quite shocked when people haven't heard of it. I have a plushie I've had since I was 11 (I'm 22 now) that I named Black Fang because it didn't feel right to name him after the White Fang, even if his teeth were white. I always disappointed as a kid when I made the joke of "His name is Black Fang because White Fang was taken," that no one had heard of white fang.

If I'm not mistaken, I have watched both movies and loved them both to death to the point where I'll watch them whenever I catch them on...but i didn't know there was a book! :o

DOWANTPLZFECKYES

Huh. It's odd if people haven't even heard about it. I'm afraid the abridged version put me off from reading the real thing as a kid; I didn't like the settling down /white fences ending. I read Call of the Wild to the point I knew it by heart, instead. (...Yes, I liked that ending better.)

I've read Call Of The Wild, but not White Fang. Definitely knew of it, and thought I might have read it, but I didn't recognize the synopsis I read. I think my sister had that book in the house.
It's definitely surprising that more furries didn't recognize the title. Maybe it's a generation thing. I'm 28 and it was in my school library in middle school. Maybe schools today have moved on to other books, which makes sense, considering how many great books are written each decade. Lots of classics have been written in the 105 years that White Fang has been around.

Disney DID make a movie of White Fang in 1991, but I guess that's long enough ago that even the movie would be forgotten, since today's 20-year-olds were just being born at that time.
*realizes he'll eventually work with people who hadn't heard of Lion King*

White Fang and Call of the Wild should be required reading in the fandom. I adored Call of the Wild and White Fang. The movie for White Fang was terrible though...


Of course then again I read a bit of classic literature as a kid and it bugs me when people have not read at least SOME good books in their life. But sadly more often than not I meet people who have not read even two or three classic novels in their lifetime (school forcing you doesn't count). I read a lot of Bram Stoker, Defoe, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Alexandre Dumas, Jack London, Douglas Adams and a handful of other authors I don't feel like typing.

Perhaps I should be ashamed- I know of the book, but haven't ever had a copy to hand to actually read it. Read Call Of The Wild, though, ages back, and some Farley Mowat. There was a series of veterinarian novels where the main character relates the hilarity of his practice with animals, too, but I can't recall who the author is (I'd recognize the name as soon as I saw it, though). I was a voracious reader when I was a kid- even sucked down the whole Tolkien saga, Lord Of The Flies and Moby Dick.

Oddly enough, I never saw the animated series, nor the film.

*shuffles off*

I'm as shocked as you are. Jack London's work is incredible. White Fang played a big part in my childhood fantasies.

I'm assuming you mean, like, Jack London, right?

Nope.

White Fang is a CLASSIC!!!!! I first read it when I was about 9 and have re-read it many times since, along with Call of the Wild (as I have them both in a very battered, but loved, double book). My boyfriend LOVES wolves and has never read it, so I'm trying to bug him to read it as it's an essential read.

That book helped to show me that I can adapt to almost anything the world throws at me and Call of the Wild can't be missed out of that either lol

Admitingly never read the book. But I always ALWAYS watched the tv shows and films as a kid! It was my fav day time tv to watch for years!!

I think I read it as "Bílý tesák". Actually, my parents are sending Fox a version illustrated by Mirko Hanák... http://www.antik-klariani.cz/london.....ak-p-6978.html

I don't remember a word of it. Would be great to re-read it.

It's a quick read, takes like, five minutes or something.

It was required reading in school for me. Not entirely sure when - maybe around 4th grade? 6th? Either way, I'd already read it and owned it long before it was given to me in school. It boggles me that people in the fandom can not have read this. Then again, they did start emphasizing that hack Steinbeck, so maybe poor Jack London got ousted from the classrooms. Shame if so.

I think of Mice and Men may be one of the most moving and heartbreaking stories I have ever read.

I have also seen it as a play.

And many different movie productions.

Ah, the tears shed.

I've been moved more by other stories and other authors. I have also seen it as a play. And a movie. Didn't like it any way they tried to dress it up.

My cellphone has a Kindle app which I really like a lot. I first read all of Jack London's excellent stories a very LONG time ago, but they reside on my kindle app too, along with Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain and a host of others.

Do check out Call of the Wild.

Ah, whitefang. that was an awesome and touching story... I still have the book actually. It even made me cry. It was an excelent book and I personally recommend naybody who hasn't read it to read it.

KLASJDPOASKD WUT. I have a combined book of White Fang and Call of the Wild...I have read them both! XD Jack London = WIN.

On a tangent, have you ever heard of Stone Fox? It's a super short story intended for YOUUUUNG readers but it brought tears to my eyes....you might enjoy it. :3

I read it when I was younger because, you know. Furry-in-making, I guess XD I don't think I enjoyed it, but I was pretty young and probably missed a boat-load of important details. I was more of a Jean Craighead George follower. I also found an awesome book in middle school called, Firebringer by David Clement-Davies, about a small group of deer trying to escape a cult that developed in their herd.

Kind of trailing off the subject, but did you ever have an aversion to humans appearing in these types of books as a child? What about cartoons? I used to pick up books like White Fang, and Call of the Wild because of the animal pictures on the front, but whenever a chapter turn human-centric, I was kinda bummed.