Winter funny book reading

My book name is THE CALL OF THE WILD ,this story is happened California from Canada .This si 1897 .The weather conditions are stormy and cold .The charcater is a dog ,called Buck. He likes goes walking and swimming with the children , and he sits by his owner's fire in the winter.Some men want to found gold in the Yukon,and they need strong dogs to work in the cold and snow of the north. At the beginning the story is tell us how to arrange dogs, a little cruel, and then the adventure is beginning.