Leseprobe
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You Can't Win
Jack Black
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Sachbuch / Biographien, Autobiographien
Beschreibung
"e;Much of this book is about loneliness. Yet its pages are bracingly companionable. It is one of the friendliest books ever written. It is a superb piece of autobiography, testimony that cannot be impeached. While it is a statement of an American tragedy, it has laughter, brevity, style; as a book to pass the time away with, it is in a class with the best fiction."e; — Carl Sandburg, New York World"e;Nothing half as rewarding has come down the highway of books about thieves, tramps, murderers, bootleggers and crooks in years "e; — New Republic"e;I believe Jack Black has written a remarkable book; it is vivid and picturesque; it is not fiction; it is a book that was needed and it should be widely read."e; — Clarence Darrow, New York Herald TribuneA major influence on William S. Burroughs and other Beat writers, this lost classic was written by Jack Black, a drifter and small-time criminal. Born in 1872, Black hit the road at the age of 16 and spent most of his life as a vagabond. In this plainspoken but colorful memoir, he recaptures a hobo underworld of the early twentieth century, a time when it was possible to pass anonymously from town to town. Black's firsthand accounts of hopping trains, burglaries, prison, and drug addiction offer a compelling portrait of life outside the law and honor among thieves.
Kundenbewertungen
influencer of beat writers, memoir, autobiography, vagabond, hopping trains, page turner, firsthand accounts, twentieth century, engaging, lost classic, crime, early twentieth century, prison, hobo underworld, burglaries, drug addiction, life journey, influencer of william s burrough, biography and autobiography, life outside the law, memoir of drifter, drifter and small time criminal, honor among thieves, adventures