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In 1894, an eighteen-year-old Jack London quit his job shoveling coal, hopped a freight train, and left California on the first leg of a ten thousand-mile odyssey. This book features several stories that London told about his hoboing days. It presents a collection of nine essays, with accompanying illustrations.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Selected Bibliography
A Note on the Text
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

The Road

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    Publisher: Rutgers University Press
    Publication Date: 03/05/2006
    ISBN13: 9780813538068, 978-0813538068
    ISBN10: 0813538068
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    In 1894, an eighteen-year-old Jack London quit his job shoveling coal, hopped a freight train, and left California on the first leg of a ten thousand-mile odyssey. This book features several stories that London told about his hoboing days. It presents a collection of nine essays, with accompanying illustrations.

    Table of Contents
    Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    Selected Bibliography
    A Note on the Text
    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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