Articles for tag: Jack London, Lois Lowry, White Fang

Karla News

50 Classic Children’s Books

I’ve read and enjoyed every last one of these books when I was in elementary school. I even have several of them in my personal collection. Now I understand their literary merit and how much they have influenced my development. My past teachers recommended many to me, and now I recommend these to any young ...

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Wolf Creek Inn: Wolf Creek, Oregon

If you’re looking for legendary history in the southern quadrant of Oregon, there are few contenders to the lore of my next destination. Our travels next took us way out from the beaten path to Wolf Creek Oregon and the Wolf Creek Inn. Originally opened in 1883, Wolf Creek Tavern as it was then known ...

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And, Sadly, Dreamers Die: Chris McCandless Goes into the Wild

When Chris McCandless died four months after embarking on his Alaskan odyssey, critics accused him of being crazy and stupid, but as pointed out in Jon Krakauer;s Into the Wild and Henry Ticknor’s “Death of an Innocent”, McCandless was quite the intellectual. What led to his demise, however, was the fact that he so deeply ...

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White Fang Book Review

Once again, Jack London shocked me with his amazing writing on nature and animals. White Fang is a spectacular book that will leave you begging for more. It is a book on the lives of a generation of wolves, but eventually centers around one wolf, White Fang. He is born into the world in a ...