- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Star Rover House (June 1991)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0932458467
- ISBN-13: 978-0932458469
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 14 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
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There is a woman in the state of Nevada to whom I once lied continuously, consistently, and shamelessly, for the matter of a couple of hours. Read the first page
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The American Cult of the Hobo., Dec 26 1996
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This review is from: The Road (Paperback)
I rate this book very highly more because of its uniqueness and value to the social historian, than for its relatively poor literary merit. This is London's lighthearted remeniscence of days spent as a train-hopping hobo in the 1890s, a period when the culture of the hobo was still in its genesis. He was only 18 at the time, and was arrested for vagrancy and imprisoned for three months in the Northeast. It was this harsh experience which turned him into a lifelong socialist. The book is resplendant with character sketches of nineteenth-century hobos, hobo culture and language, train travel, and locales. An important American [sub]cultural narrative, and well worth the read
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Impressing, Jan 30 2003
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This review is from: The Road (Paperback)
I read this book when I was a teenager: it was a very old german copy, printed in gothic caractes: I can tell you it's hard to read an old gothic font if you are not used to it!Yet I read the whole book very fast and with great pleasure. I still remember it as one of the best I ever read.
It is a wonderful, adventurous and very human tale of a different America. I think it has both literary qualities and social interest.
As for the "missing historical background", as one reader says, I do not think this is a "serious falling": the story gets even more fascinating being a bit "mysterious". If you are interested in learning more about Kelly's Army, go to a library ore use Google: this is not a school book!
And there IS an end: a quite sad one too, that makes you understand how London did not really fit in a "normal" life -- and in fact he ended up killing himself.
Read this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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The Road, Feb 10 2001
By Steven Taylor - Published on Amazon.com
"The Road", by Jack London is one of his best books that I have read, it is written as though it is a dairy and it is not really written like a story. I bought a copy in Okland California at the Jack London museum. Its is about his travels and experiences during the late 1800s and early 1900s when he was a hobo on the railroad. In my opinion this book is one of Jack London's better lesser know books, I highly recommend it!
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