To Build a Fire

"To Build a Fire" is a short story by American author Jack London. The story written in 1908 has become an often anthologized classic. The Story is about an unnamed male protagonist who ventures out in the subzero boreal forest of the Yukon Territory. He is followed by a native dog and is en route to visit his friends - ignoring warnings from an older man (an elder from the Sulphur Creek) about th...