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Tag Tag Survival
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
Winston Churchill The Story of the Malakand Field Force · 1898

Quotes

“Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.”

Jack London · White Fang, 1906 · Primary source

“I couldn’t afford luxuries like embarrassment.”

Andrew S. Grove · Swimming Across, 2001 · Primary source

“He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survived.”

Jack London · The Call of the Wild, 1903 · Primary source

Works

Jack London · 1903
The Call of the Wild

A domesticated dog is forced into the harsh Klondike, where survival gradually draws him towards a more instinctive life.

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Jack London · 1906
White Fang

A wolf-dog moves from wilderness to human society, learning survival, violence, trust and attachment through changing relationships.

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Jack London (edited by Irving Milo Shepard) · 1906
Jack London’s Tales of Adventure

A wide-ranging anthology of Jack London’s fiction, journalism and autobiographical writing centred on adventure, travel, conflict and survival.

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Related Tags

Pragmatism 3 Self-reliance 48 Migration 1 Asking for help 1 Combat experience 1 Danger 2 Adrenaline 1 Personal courage 1 Strength 1 Adaptation 17 Wilderness 5 Purpose 30 Instinct 5 Fulfilment 4 Natural capacity 1 Klondike Gold Rush 2 Human-animal relationships 2 Yukon 1 Domestication 2 Trust 20 Adventure 7 Travel writing 2 Journalism 2