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'''''White Fang''''' ([[1910]]) is the title of a [[novel]] by American author [[Jack London]].

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==Multi-Function Station==

''White Fang'' is the story of a wild dog's journey toward becoming civilized in the Canadian territory of [[Yukon]] during the [[Klondike Gold Rush]], at the end of the 19th Century. ''White Fang'' is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, ''[[The Call of the Wild]]'', which concerns a kidnapped civilized dog turning into a wild wolf.

MVAFS was a multi-function station: a [[Semi Automatic Ground Environment|SAGE]] long range radar site operated by the 666th Radar Squadron (host squadron)<ref name="ref_mil_museum">{{cite web

|url = http://www.militarymuseum.org/MillValleyAFS.html

|title = Mill Valley Air Force Station

|accessdate = 2007-07-18

|publisher = [[California State Military Museum]]

}}</ref>; an AN/FSS-7 [[SLBM]] detection radar site operated by Detachment 3 14th Missile Warning Squadron<ref name="ref_mil_museum" />; a [[Project Nike|Nike]] missile air defense control site (San Francisco Defense Area Site SF-90DC<ref name="ref_mil_museum" /><ref name="ref_missile_sites">{{cite web

|url = http://ed-thelen.org/loc-c.html#SF-90DC

|title = Locations of Former NIKE MISSILE SITES (text)

|accessdate = 2007-07-18

|publisher = Ed Thelen

}}</ref><ref>{{cite web

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|title = GGNRA - Cold War Era, 1952-1974

|accessdate = 2007-07-18

|publisher = [[National Park Service]]

}}</ref>) operated by the Army Air Defense Command Post for the 40th Artillery Brigade from 1959 until June 1971 and the 13th Air Defense Artillery Group from July 1971 to August 1974<ref name="ref_mil_museum" />; a [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) Joint Surveillance System (JSS) Facility J-33<ref name="ref_missile_sites" /><ref>{{cite web

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. I served at MVAFS from 1972 to 1974 and personally witnessed these functions. More to follow later. [[User:ConradPino|Conrad T. Pino]] 08:42, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

==References==

The book is characteristic of London's precise prose style and his innovative use of voice and perspective. Much of the novel is written from the view-point of the animals, allowing London to explore how animals view their world, and how they view humans. ''White Fang'' examines (sometimes graphically) the violent world of wild animals, and the equally violent world of supposedly-civilized humans. The book also explores complex themes including morality and redemption.

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''White Fang'' has been adapted into a movie numerous times, including in [[White Fang (1991 movie)|1991]].

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The story begins 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, both places in the Santa Clara Valley.

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