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The best stories that London told about his hoboing days can be found in The Road, a collection of nine essays with accompanying illustrations, most of which originally appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1907 and 1908. His virile persona spoke to white middle-class readers who vicariously esc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: London, Jack (Author)
Other Authors: DePastino, Todd (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rutgers University Press 2006.
Series:Subterranean lives.
Subjects:
London, Jack, > 1876-1916 > Travel > United States.
London, Jack, > 1876-1916
1900-1999
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Prisoners > United States > Biography.
Tramps > United States > Biography.
Railroad travel > United States.
Vagrancy > United States.
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Prisonniers > États-Unis > Biographies.
Vagabonds > États-Unis > Biographies.
Voyages en train > États-Unis.
Vagabondage > États-Unis.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General.
Authors, American
Prisoners
Railroad travel
Tramps
Travel
Vagrancy
United States
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Selected Bibliography; A Note on the Text; The Road; Contents; List of Illustrations; Chapter 1: Confession; Chapter 2: Holding Her Down; Chapter 3: Pictures; Chapter 4: "Pinched"; Chapter 5: The Pen; Chapter 6: Hoboes That Pass in the Night; Chapter 7: Road-Kids and Gay-Cats; Chapter 8: Two Thousand Stiffs; Chapter 9: Bulls; Explanatory Notes; About the Editor.

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