The story opens with Buck, a large and powerful St.
When released, he attacks his overseer, known only as of the "man in the red sweater" but this man teaches the "law of the club", hitt.
Put in a crate, he is starved and ill-treated.
He is shipped to Seattle.
However, he is stolen by the gardener\'s assistant, Manuel, and sold to finance his gambling addiction.
Bernard-Scotch Shepherd, living happily in California\'s Santa Clara Valley as the pampered pet of rich Judge Miller and his family.
The story opens with Buck, a large and powerful St