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The Road
By Jack LondonPublisher Description
The Road, first published in 1907, is an autobiography by Jack London. London explains about his experiences and adventures as one of the hoboes. He spent his years as a hobo in America and Canada in the years 1894-1895. London starts with a story showing what excellent liars hoboes could be. He presents his illustration as an apology to a woman in Salt Lake City that he convinced to provide him support. The next chapter explains some other skills of the hobo, the most important of which is the 'holding down' of the train. The rest of the book details different aspects of hobo life, including their diverse backgrounds. The last chapter is about the "bulls", the cops. London says throughout the book about how the American system is unfair to the hoboes.
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“Not a masterpiece but fascinating in its own way as a real life account of the adventures, philosophy and language of the American hobo. I certainly learnt a lot but become tired of the highly detailed anecdotes of jumping trains. It reminds me a lot of George Orwell’s book Down and Out in Paris and London but predates that by some time…both books suggest that to be a great writer you must have first really lived!”Emma Meyer
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