White Fang
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White Fang (1910) is the title of a novel by American author Jack London.
It was a follow-up to his best-known novel, The Call of the Wild, which concerns a civilized dog turning into a wild wolf in the Arctic. White Fang took the reverse course: It showed a wild dog's journey toward becoming civilized, and as with the first novel, is decidedly not a book for children under the age of nine.
The book has been adapted into a movie numerous times, including in 1991.
The story starts before the three-quarters wolf hybrid is born. It follows the pack from which he came, his early life in the wild, and his adolescence in an Indian camp. From there, the story takes a decidedly darker turn, as he is sold (poignantly, for a bottle of whiskey) to a dog-fighter. Finally, he is rescued from his enslavement by Weedon Scott, an American from San Francisco. The final chapters bookend the two novels, ending at Judge Scott's estate as The Call of the Wild started at Judge Miller's.
The book is considered by many to be well written, and powerful concepts abound on how animals view their world, and how they view man. Some see it as having an interesting viewpoint, as it is written eighty percent from the perspective of White Fang and other canines.
The text is available, as are many other works of Jack London, as free e-texts from Project Gutenberg. Cheap editions of public domain classics such as this are available at many bookstores.