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螣 螖蟻蠈渭慰蟼

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" 韦慰 蟺喂慰 纬慰畏蟿蔚蠀蟿喂魏蠈 蟺蟻维纬渭伪 蟽蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀 伪位萎蟿畏 蔚委谓伪喂, 渭维位位慰谓, 蟿慰 蠈蟿喂 蟿畏蟼 位蔚委蟺蔚喂 畏 渭慰谓慰蟿慰谓委伪. 危蟿畏谓 螒位畏蟿蔚委伪 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺慰 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 渭慰喂维味蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 螤蟻蠅蟿苇伪. 螘委谓伪喂 渭喂伪 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽渭伪纬慰蟻喂伪 蟺慰蠀 慰位慰苇谓伪 伪位位维味蔚喂, 蠈蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀渭尾伪委谓蔚喂 蟿慰 伪未蠉谓伪蟿慰 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 魏维胃蔚 纬蠅谓喂维 蟿慰蠀 未蟻蠈渭慰蠀 蟽慰蠀 尾纬伪委谓蔚喂 渭蟺蟻慰蟽蟿维 蟿慰 伪蟺蟻蠈慰蟺蟿慰. 螤慰蟿苇 未蔚谓 尉苇蟻蔚喂 慰 伪位萎蟿畏蟼 蟿喂 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 谓伪 蟿慰蠀 位维蠂蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蔚蟺蠈渭蔚谓畏 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎. 魏伪蟿维 蟽蠀谓苇蟺蔚喂伪 , 味蔚喂 渭蠈谓慰 蟿畏谓 蟺伪蟻慰蠉蟽伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎, 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻蠈谓. '螆蠂蔚喂 渭维胃蔚喂 魏伪位维 蟺蠈蟽慰 渭维蟿伪喂慰 蔚委谓伪喂 谓伪 魏维谓蔚喂蟼 蟽蠂苇未喂伪 魏伪喂 纬谓蠅蟻委味蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蔚蠀蟿蠀蠂委伪 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿慰 谓伪 魏蠀位维蟼, 伪魏慰位慰蠀胃蠋谓蟿伪蟼 蟿喂蟼 喂未喂慰蟿蟻慰蟺委蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 韦蠉蠂畏蟼."

螣 韦味维魏 螞蠈谓蟿慰谓 ( 1876-1916) 纬蔚谓谓萎胃畏魏蔚 蟽蟿慰 危伪谓 桅蟻伪谓蟽委蟽魏慰. 螆渭蔚喂谓蔚 蔚魏蔚委 蠅蟼 蟿伪 1892 蠈蟺慰蟿蔚, 渭蠈位喂蟼 未蔚魏伪蔚尉维蠂蟻慰谓慰蟼, 蟽蠀谓维谓蟿畏蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蟺伪蟻苇伪 伪位畏蟿维魏喂伪, 纬慰畏蟿蔚蠉蟿畏魏蔚 伪蟺 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀蟼 魏喂 伪蟺慰蠁维蟽喂蟽蔚 谓伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪魏慰位慰蠀胃萎蟽蔚喂 魏伪喂 谓伪 " 蟺维蟻蔚喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 未蟻蠈渭慰蠀蟼".

危蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 伪蠀蟿蠈, 蟺蔚蟻喂纬蟻维蠁蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟽蟿慰 未蟻蠈渭慰. 螌蟽伪 苇味畏蟽蔚, 蔚委未蔚 魏伪喂 维魏慰蠀蟽蔚 蟽 伪蠀蟿维 蟿伪 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪 蟿畏蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺位维谓畏蟽畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟽蟿喂蟼 螚.螤.螒, 魏伪喂 蟽蟿慰谓 螝伪谓伪未维.
螠蔚蟼 蟽蟿喂蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 味蠅谓蟿伪谓蔚蠉蔚喂 畏 纬蔚渭维蟿畏 伪蟺蟻慰蟽未蠈魏畏蟿蔚蟼 蔚谓伪位位伪纬苇蟼 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀 伪位萎蟿畏 : 蟽魏伪位慰渭伪蟻委蔚蟼 蟽蟿伪 蟿蟻苇谓伪, 蟽蟿伪胃渭慰委, 味畏蟿喂伪谓喂维, 蠁蠀位伪魏苇蟼, "渭蟺维蟿蟽慰喂", 伪位位维 魏伪喂 蟽蠀谓蟿蟻慰蠁喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 伪谓蔚渭蔚位喂维, 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂伪, 魏伪喂谓慰蠉蟻喂慰喂 蟿蠈蟺慰喂 魏伪喂 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂, 渭喂伪 维位位畏 维蟺慰蠄畏 蟿畏蟼 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓萎蟼 味蠅萎蟼.

螆谓伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 蟺慰位位维 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺伪 蟿畏蟼 螒渭蔚蟻喂魏萎蟼 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟿慰 蔚委未蔚 伪蟺蠈 渭苇蟽伪 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟺蔚蟻喂苇纬蟻伪蠄蔚 苇谓伪蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺喂慰 蟺慰位蠀未喂伪尾伪蟽渭苇谓慰蠀蟼 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁蔚委蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀.

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First published January 1, 1907

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Jack London

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John Griffith Chaney, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.
London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers鈥� rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction expos茅 The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".

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The Road, Jack London

The Road is an autobiographical memoir by Jack London, first published in 1907. It is London's account of his experiences as a hobo in the 1890s, during the worst economic depression the United States had experienced up to that time. He describes his experiences hopping freight trains, "holding down" a train when the crew is trying to throw him off, begging for food and money, and making up extraordinary stories to fool the police. He also tells of the thirty days that he spent in the Erie County Penitentiary, which he described as a place of "unprintable horrors," after being "pinched" (arrested) for vagrancy. In addition, he recounts his time with Kelley's Army, which he joined up with in Wyoming and remained with until its dissolution at the Mississippi River.

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賳賯賱 賳賲賵賳賴 賲鬲賳: (丕毓鬲乇丕賮: 丿乇 丕蹖丕賱鬲 賳賵丕丿丕貙 夭賳蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿 讴賴 賲賳 蹖讴亘丕乇 趩賳丿 爻丕毓鬲 亘丕 亘蹖 卮乇賲蹖 亘賴卮 丿乇賵睾 诏賮鬲賲貨 賲賳 丕夭 丕蹖卮丕賳 毓匕乇禺賵丕賴蹖 賳禺賵丕賴賲 讴乇丿貙 丕蹖賳讴丕乇 丿乇 卮丕賳 賲賳 賳蹖爻鬲貨 丕賲丕 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賲 丌賳 乇丕 鬲賵囟蹖丨 丿賴賲貨 賲鬲丕爻賮丕賳賴 丕爻賲 賵 丌丿乇爻 讴賳賵賳蹖 丕賵 乇丕 賳賲蹖丿丕賳賲貙 賵賱蹖 丕诏乇 亘賴 胤賵乇 丕鬲賮丕賯蹖 趩卮賲卮 亘賴 丕蹖賳 爻胤乇賴丕 亘蹖賮鬲丿貙 丕賲蹖丿賵丕乇賲 倬丕爻禺 賲乇丕 亘丿賴丿貨 丕蹖賳 賵丕賯毓賴 丿乇 鬲丕亘爻鬲丕賳 1892賲蹖賱丕丿蹖 丿乇 卮賴乇 乇賳賵 丿乇 丕蹖丕賱鬲 賳賵丕丿丕 丕鬲賮丕賯 丕賮鬲丕丿貨 賴賳诏丕賲 賳賲丕蹖卮诏丕賴 讴丕賱丕 亘賵丿貨 卮賴乇 倬乇 丕夭 丿爻鬲賴 賴丕蹖 讴賱丕賴亘乇丿丕乇 賵 丿夭丿丕賳 讴賵趩讴 賵 亘夭乇诏 亘賵丿貨 丕賳亘賵賴 诏乇賵賴 丿賵乇賴 诏乇丿丕賳 丿乇 卮賴乇 賲賵噩 賲蹖夭丿賳丿貨 丕蹖賳 丿賵乇賴 诏乇丿丕賳 诏乇爻賳賴 爻亘亘 卮丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿 讴賴 卮賴乇 賯蹖丕賮賴 诏乇爻賳賴 亘賴 禺賵丿 诏蹖乇丿貨 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 丨蹖丕胤 禺丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 卮賴乇賵賳丿丕賳 乇丕 賲蹖讴賵亘蹖丿賳丿 賵 爻毓蹖 賲蹖讴乇丿賳丿 丿丕禺賱 丌賳賴丕 卮賵賳丿貨 丕賲丕 爻丕讴賳丕賳 禺丕賳賴 賴丕 倬丕爻禺 賳賲蹖丿丕丿賳丿貨

丿賵乇賴 诏乇丿丕賳 賲蹖诏賮鬲賳丿: 芦丿乇 丕蹖賳 卮賴乇 亘賴 爻禺鬲蹖 賱賯賲賴 丕蹖 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵乇丿賳 诏蹖乇 賲蹖丌蹖丿.禄 亘丕 丕蹖賳丨丕賱 賴賳诏丕賲蹖 讴賴 賱丕夭賲 亘賵丿貙 丿賳亘丕賱 睾匕丕 丕蹖賳賵乇 丌賳賵乇 乇丕賴 賲蹖丕賮鬲丕丿賲 賵 趩蹖夭蹖 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵乇丿賳 鬲賴蹖賴 賲蹖讴乇丿賲. 亘賴 賴賵丕蹖 丿賵丿 丿乇 禺丕賳賴 讴爻蹖 乇丕 賲蹖夭丿賲 鬲丕 賲賴賲丕賳 丌賳賴丕 亘卮賵賲 賵 爻讴賴 賳丕趩蹖夭蹖 亘賴 噩蹖亘 亘夭賳賲貨 賵囟毓賲 亘丿鬲乇 丕夭 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 賳亘賵丿貨 亘丕 丕蹖賳賴賲賴 賲乇鬲亘 賳丕賴丕乇 乇丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲 賲蹖丿丕丿賲貨 丿乇 丕蹖賳 卮賴乇 趩賳丕賳 丨丕賱賲 乇丕 诏乇賮鬲賴 亘賵丿賳丿 讴賴 蹖讴乇賵夭 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿乇亘丕賳 賯胤丕乇 禺賱丕氐 卮丿賲 賵 亘丿賵賳 鬲乇爻 賵丕乇丿 賵丕诏賵賳 賯胤丕乇 禺氐賵氐蹖 賲蹖賱蹖賵賳乇 丿乇亘丿乇 卮丿賲貙 賴賳诏丕賲蹖讴賴 亘賴 爻讴賵蹖 賵丕诏賵賳 倬乇蹖丿賲貙 賯胤丕乇 乇丕賴 丕賮鬲丕丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賵 賲賳 讴賴 丕夭 胤乇賮 丿乇亘丕賳 賯胤丕乇 讴賴 丿爻鬲 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 诏乇賮鬲賳 賲賳 丿乇丕夭 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿貙 丿賳亘丕賱 賲蹖卮丿賲貙 亘賴 胤乇賮 氐丕丨亘 賵丕诏賵賳 卮鬲丕賮鬲賲貨 賴賲夭賲丕賳 亘丕 乇爻蹖丿賳 賲賳 亘賴 賲蹖賱蹖賵賳乇貙 丿乇亘丕賳 賳蹖夭 亘賴 賲賳 乇爻蹖丿貨 賵賯鬲蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 賳亘賵丿貨 賳賮爻 賳賮爻 夭賳丕賳 亘賴 賲蹖賱蹖賵賳乇 賮乇蹖丕丿 夭丿賲: 芦亘蹖爻鬲 賵 倬賳噩 爻賳鬲 亘丿賴蹖丿 睾匕丕 亘禺賵乇賲.禄貨

賲蹖賱蹖賵賳乇 丿爻鬲 丿乇 噩蹖亘 讴乇丿 賵 亘蹖爻鬲 賵倬賳噩 爻賳鬲 亘賴 賲賳 丿丕丿貙 丕賵 亘賴 賯丿乇蹖 卮诏賮鬲 夭丿賴 卮丿賴 亘賵丿貙 讴賴 亘丿賵賳 丕乇丕丿賴 毓賲賱 讴乇丿貨 賴賳賵夭 賴賲 賳丕乇丕丨鬲賲 讴賴 趩乇丕 蹖讴 丿賱丕乇 丕夭 丕賵 賳诏乇賮鬲賲貙 賲乇鬲亘 丕夭 爻讴賵蹖 賯胤丕乇 禺氐賵氐蹖 亘丕賱丕 賵 倬丕蹖蹖賳 倬乇蹖丿賲 賵 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿乇亘丕賳 讴賴 賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲 賲乇丕 亘诏蹖乇丿 賵 蹖丕 亘丕 賱诏丿 鬲賵蹖 氐賵乇鬲賲 亘夭賳丿貙 丿乇 乇賮鬲賲貙 丕賱亘鬲賴 倬乇蹖丿賳 丕夭 賯胤丕乇 丿乇 丨丕賱 丨乇讴鬲 賮丕噩毓賴 丌賲蹖夭 丕爻鬲貙 鬲氐賵乇 讴賳蹖丿 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 賲蹖讴賵卮蹖丿 賳蹖賮鬲蹖丿 賵 蹖丕 氐丿賲賴 賳亘蹖賳蹖丿貙 丕夭 丿爻鬲诏蹖乇賴 賵丕诏賵賳 丌賵蹖夭丕賳蹖丿貙 丕夭 倬丕蹖蹖賳 鬲乇蹖賳 倬賱賴 亘賴 夭賲蹖賳 賲蹖倬乇蹖丿貙 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賲賵賯毓 丨亘卮賴 丕蹖 禺卮賲诏蹖賳 丿乇亘丕賳 賯胤丕乇 亘丕 卮賲丕乇賴 蹖丕夭丿賴 鬲賵蹖 趩賴乇賴 丕鬲 賲蹖讴賵亘丿貨

丕賱亘鬲賴 賲賳 倬賵賱 乇丕 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丌賵乇丿賲貙 賲賴賲 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲貨 丨丕賱 亘乇诏乇丿蹖賲 亘賴 夭賳蹖讴賴 丌賳趩賳丕賳 亘蹖 卮乇賲丕賳賴 亘賴卮 丿乇賵睾 诏賮鬲賲貨 睾乇賵亘 丌禺乇蹖賳 乇賵夭 賲賳 丿乇 乇賳賵 亘賵丿貨 亘乇丕蹖 鬲賲丕卮丕蹖 賲爻丕亘賯賴 丕爻亘丿賵丕賳蹖 乇賮鬲賲貨 趩賵賳 丿蹖丿賳 丕爻亘賴丕蹖 讴賵趩讴 賲賳胤賯賴 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿貙 賳丕賴丕乇 乇丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿丕丿賲貨 诏乇爻賳賴 丕賲 亘賵丿貙 賲蹖丿丕賳爻鬲賲 倬賱蹖爻 卮賴乇 丿乇氐丿丿 丿爻鬲诏蹖乇蹖 丿賵乇賴 诏乇丿丕賳 賵 诏乇爻賳賴 丕蹖 賲孬賱 賲賳 丕爻鬲貙 賵 賲蹖禺賵丕賴丿 卮賴乇 乇丕 丕夭 賵噩賵丿 丌賳賴丕 倬丕讴 讴賳丿貨 诏乇賵賴蹖 丕夭 亘乇丕丿乇丕賳 賵賱诏乇丿 賯亘賱丕賸 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 倬賳噩賴 賯丕賳賵賳 卮丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿貨 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 噩賱诏賴 賴丕蹖 丌賮鬲丕亘蹖 讴丕賱蹖賮乇賳蹖丕貙 賴乇 賱丨馗賴 賲乇丕 氐丿丕 賲蹖夭丿賳丿貙 鬲丕 丕夭 诏乇丿賳賴 賴丕蹖 爻乇丿 芦爻蹖 蹖乇丕禄 亘诏匕乇賲貨

賵賱蹖 賲賳 倬蹖卮 丕夭 鬲乇讴 禺蹖丕亘丕賳賴丕蹖 卮賴乇 乇賳賵 亘丕蹖丿 丿賵 讴丕乇 丕賳噩丕賲 賲蹖丿丕丿賲: 丕賵賱蹖 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕賲卮亘 賵丕乇丿 賯胤丕乇蹖 賲蹖卮賵賲 讴賴 亘賴 胤乇賮 睾乇亘 丿乇 丨乇讴鬲 丕爻鬲貨 丿賵賲蹖貙 倬蹖卮 丕夭 丨乇讴鬲貙 爻蹖乇 睾匕丕 賲蹖禺賵乇賲貨 噩賵丕賳 鬲丨賲賱 賳賲蹖讴賳丿貙 卮亘 乇丕 诏乇爻賳賴 丿乇 爻讴賵蹖 賯胤丕乇 賲乇鬲亘 鬲讴丕賳 亘禺賵乇丿貙 賵 丿乇 噩丕丿賴 丕蹖 讴賵賴爻鬲丕賳蹖 讴賴 賲賴 賵 讴賵賱丕讴 卮丿蹖丿 丌賳 乇丕 诏乇賮鬲賴貙 賵 倬乇 丕夭 亘乇賮 丕爻鬲 丨乇讴鬲 讴賳丿貨 丕賲丕 鬲賴蹖賴 睾匕丕 讴丕乇 爻禺鬲蹖 亘賵丿貙 賲乇丿賲 禺丕賳賴 賴丕貙 毓匕乇 賲乇丕 禺賵丕爻鬲賴 賵 噩賵丕亘 賲賳賮蹖 賲蹖丿丕丿賳丿貨 賲乇鬲亘 亘賴 賲賳 亘丿 賵 亘蹖乇丕賴 賲蹖诏賮鬲賳丿貨 芦噩丕蹖 乇丕丨鬲 鬲賵 倬卮鬲 賲蹖賱賴 賴丕 丕爻鬲禄貨 丌蹖丕 丕蹖賳 賵丕賯毓丕 賲賵丕賮賯 禺賵丕爻鬲 賲賳 亘賵丿貨 丕賮爻賵爻 讴賴 賴賲賴 蹖 丕蹖賳 丨乇賮賴丕 亘賴 诏賵賳賴 丕蹖 亘賴 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 賳夭丿蹖讴 亘賵丿貨 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 丕賲卮亘 丌賲丕丿賴 丨乇讴鬲 亘賴 睾乇亘 亘賵丿賲貨 賯丕賳賵賳 噩丕賳 丿乇 卮賴乇 丨丕讴賲 亘賵丿貙 賵 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 丿爻鬲诏蹖乇蹖 诏乇爻賳诏丕賳 賵 亘蹖 禺丕賳賲丕賳賴丕 亘賵丿貙 趩乇丕 讴賴 丕蹖賳丕賳 爻丕讴賳丕賳 丕賯丕賲鬲诏丕賴 倬卮鬲 賲蹖賱賴 賴丕蹖 夭賳丿丕賳 亘賵丿賳丿貨 爻丕讴賳丕賳 亘蹖卮鬲乇 禺丕賳賴 賴丕 丿乇 乇丕 亘賴 乇賵蹖 賲賳 賲蹖亘爻鬲賳丿貙 賵賯鬲蹖 亘丕 賲賱丕蹖賲鬲 賵 丕丿亘 賲蹖诏賮鬲賲貙 趩蹖夭蹖 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵乇丿賳 亘賴 賲賳 亘丿賴蹖丿貙 丿乇 乇丕 亘丕夭 賳賲蹖讴乇丿賳丿貨

噩賱賵蹖 禺丕賳賴 丕蹖 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賲貙 丌賳賴丕 賮賯胤 丕夭 倬賳噩乇賴 亘賴 賲賳 賳诏丕賴 讴乇丿賳丿貙 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丕蹖卮丕賳 讴賴 亘趩賴 讴賵趩讴蹖 亘賵丿貙 爻毓蹖 賲蹖讴乇丿 丕夭 亘丕賱丕爻乇 亘夭乇诏鬲乇賴丕貙 賲乇丿 诏乇爻賳賴 丕蹖 乇丕 鬲賲丕卮丕 讴賳丿貙 讴賴 鬲賯丕囟丕蹖 睾匕丕 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵乇丿賳 賲蹖讴乇丿貨 爻毓蹖 讴乇丿賲 丿乇 賲丨賱賴 賴丕蹖 賮賯蹖乇賳卮蹖賳 丿賳亘丕賱 睾匕丕 亘诏乇丿賲貙 趩賵賳 賮賯蹖乇丕賳 丌禺乇蹖賳 爻賳诏乇 賲丨讴賲 賵 賲胤賲卅賳 诏乇爻賳诏丕賳 禺丕賳賴 亘賴 丿賵卮 賴爻鬲賳丿貨 賴賲蹖卮賴 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳 亘賴 賮賯蹖乇 丕毓鬲賲丕丿 讴乇丿貙 趩賵賳 丕賵 诏乇爻賳賴 乇丕 丕夭 丿乇 禺丕賳賴 丕卮 賳賲蹖乇丕賳丿貨 賴賳诏丕賲蹖讴賴 丿乇 丕蹖丕賱丕鬲 賲鬲丨丿 亘賵丿賲貙 亘丕乇賴丕 丕鬲賮丕賯 丕賮鬲丕丿 讴賴 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 爻乇丕睾 丿乇 禺丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 亘夭乇诏 賵 卮禺氐蹖 讴賴 亘丕賱丕蹖 鬲倬賴 賴丕 亘賵丿賳丿 乇賮鬲賲貙 亘丿賵賳 賳鬲蹖噩賴 亘乇诏卮鬲賲貨 賵賱蹖 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 丿乇 丌賱賵賳讴賴丕蹖 賮賯蹖乇賳卮蹖賳 讴賴 丿乇 夭賲蹖賳賴丕蹖 倬爻鬲 賵 賳丕賲乇睾賵亘 亘賵丿賳丿貙 賵 丕睾賱亘 卮蹖卮賴 倬賳噩乇賴 賴丕 卮讴爻鬲賴貙 賵 丌賳賴丕 乇丕 亘丕 讴賴賳賴 倬丕乇賴 賴丕 诏乇賮鬲賴 亘賵丿賳丿貙 賲蹖乇賮鬲賲貙 賲丕丿乇蹖 禺爻鬲賴 賵 丿乇賴賲 卮讴爻鬲賴 亘蹖乇賵賳 賲蹖丌賲丿貙 賵 賲乇丕 亘賴 丿丕禺賱 讴賱亘賴 丕卮 賮乇丕 賲蹖禺賵丕賳丿貨 丌賴貙 丕蹖 丕賮乇丕丿 賳蹖讴賵讴丕乇 賵 亘禺卮賳丿賴貙 丕夭 賮賯乇丕 丿賵爻鬲蹖 賵 賲賴乇亘丕賳蹖 乇丕 蹖丕丿 亘诏蹖乇蹖丿貙 夭蹖乇丕 鬲賳賴丕 丌賳丕賳 賲蹖丿丕賳賳丿 丿賵爻鬲蹖 賵 賲賴乇亘丕賳蹖 趩蹖爻鬲

賮賯乇丕 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 孬乇賵鬲 賮乇丕賵丕賳 禺賵蹖卮 亘賴 讴爻蹖 氐丿賯賴 賳賲蹖丿賴賳丿貙 賵 蹖丕 诏乇爻賳賴 乇丕 乇丿 賳賲蹖讴賳賳丿貨 丌賳丕賳 趩蹖夭蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丿丕丿賳 亘賴 诏乇爻賳賴 賴丕 賳丿丕乇賳丿貙 禺賵丿卮丕賳 丕睾賱亘 诏乇爻賳賴 丕賳丿貨 丕賲丕 睾匕丕蹖 賲賵乇丿 賳蹖丕夭 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘丕 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 鬲賯爻蹖賲 賲蹖讴賳賳丿貨 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賳 丕爻鬲禺賵丕賳 亘乇丕蹖 爻诏貙 丿賵爻鬲蹖 賵 賲賴乇亘丕賳蹖 賳蹖爻鬲貨 夭蹖乇丕 賲賴乇亘丕賳蹖 夭賲丕賳蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 卮禺氐 賵賯鬲蹖 禺賵丿卮 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 爻诏 诏乇爻賳賴 丕爻鬲 丕爻鬲禺賵丕賳蹖 亘賴 丕賵 亘丿賴丿貨 禺丕賳賴 丕蹖 亘賴 禺丕胤乇賲 丌賲丿 讴賴 丌賳 卮亘 賲乇丕 乇丕賴 賳丿丕丿賳丿貨 倬賳噩乇賴 賴丕蹖 丕鬲丕賯 賳丕賴丕乇禺賵乇蹖 亘賴 丕蹖賵丕賳 亘丕夭 賲蹖卮丿貙 賲乇丿蹖 乇丕 丿蹖丿賲 爻乇賲蹖夭貙 倬丕蹖 亘夭乇诏 诏賵卮鬲蹖 賲蹖禺賵乇丿貨 賲賳 噩賱賵 丿乇 亘丕夭 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴 亘賵丿賲 賵 丕賵 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖讴賴 亘丕 賲賳 氐丨亘鬲 賲蹖讴乇丿 賴賲趩賳丕賳 亘賴 禺賵乇丿賳 丕丿丕賲賴 賲蹖丿丕丿貨 丕賵 丌丿賲 禺賵卮亘禺鬲蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 孬乇賵鬲卮 亘賴 亘乇丕丿乇丕賳 賮賯蹖乇 禺賵蹖卮 亘丕 鬲丨賯蹖乇 賳诏丕賴 賲蹖讴乇丿貨 丕賵 鬲賯丕囟丕蹖 賲乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵乇丿賳貙 鬲丨賯蹖乇丌賲蹖夭 乇丿 讴乇丿貙 賵 亘丕 禺卮賵賳鬲 诏賮鬲 芦亘丕賵乇 賳賲蹖讴賳賲 鬲賵 亘禺賵丕賴蹖 讴丕乇 讴賳蹖.禄貨 讴丕賲賱丕賸 丌卮讴丕乇 亘賵丿貙 賲賳 讴賴 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 讴丕乇 丨乇賮蹖 賳夭丿賲貨 氐丨亘鬲 賲賳 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 睾匕丕 亘賵丿貨 丿乇 丨賯蹖賯鬲 賲賳 賳賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲賲 讴丕乇 讴賳賲貙 趩賵賳 丕賲卮亘 賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲賲 胤乇賮 睾乇亘 乇丕賴 亘蹖賮鬲賲貨

丕賵 亘丕 讴賳丕蹖賴 诏賮鬲: 芦丕诏乇 鬲賵 讴丕乇 賴賲 倬蹖丿丕 讴賳蹖貙 讴丕乇讴賳 賳蹖爻鬲蹖.禄 賲賳 亘賴 趩賴乇賴 賲鬲賵丕囟毓 賴賲爻乇卮 賳诏丕賴 讴乇丿賲 賵 賮賴賲蹖丿賲 讴賴 丨囟賵乇 爻乇亘乇賵爻 賲丕賳毓 诏乇賮鬲賳 爻賴賲 丕賲 丕夭 卮蹖乇蹖賳蹖 诏賵卮鬲蹖 丕爻鬲貨 丕賲丕 爻乇亘乇賵爻 亘賴 禺賵乇丿賳 倬丕蹖 賴賲趩賳丕賳 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕丿貙 賵 賲賳 賮賴賲蹖丿賲 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 诏乇賮鬲賳 爻賴賲 亘丕蹖丿 鬲賯丕囟丕蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 讴賲 讴賳賲貨 丕夭 丕蹖賳乇賵 诏賮鬲賲 讴賴 亘丕 賳馗乇 丕賵 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 讴丕乇讴乇丿賳 賲賵丕賮賯賲貨 賲賳 亘賴 丿乇賵睾 诏賮鬲賲: 芦賲爻賱賲丕 賲蹖禺賵丕賴賲 讴丕乇 讴賳賲.禄貨 丕賵 禺賳丿蹖丿 賵 诏賮鬲: 芦賯亘賵賱 賳丿丕乇賲.禄貨

賲賳 亘丕 賴蹖噩丕賳 倬丕爻禺 丿丕丿賲: 芦賲蹖鬲賵丕賳蹖丿 賲乇丕 丕賲鬲丨丕賳 讴賳蹖丿.禄 丕賵 诏賮鬲: 芦亘爻蹖丕乇 禺賵亘貙 賮乇丿丕 氐亘丨 亘蹖丕 賮賱丕賳 禺蹖丕亘丕賳貙 爻乇趩賴丕乇乇丕賴-丌丿乇爻卮 乇丕 賮乇丕賲賵卮 讴乇丿賴 丕賲貨 爻丕禺鬲賲丕賳 爻賵禺鬲賴 乇丕 亘賱丿蹖 讴噩丕爻鬲貙 亘乇丕蹖 丌噩乇趩蹖賳蹖 賱丕夭賲鬲 丿丕乇賲.禄貨 - 芦亘爻蹖丕乇 禺賵亘貙 丕乇亘丕亘貙 賲蹖丌蹖賲.禄 丕賵 夭蹖乇賱亘 趩蹖夭蹖 诏賮鬲 賵 亘賴 禺賵乇丿賳 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕丿貨 賲賳鬲馗乇 卮丿賲 倬爻 丕夭 丿賵 丿賯蹖賯賴 夭賱 夭丿 亘賴 趩賴乇賴 丕賲 賵 诏賮鬲: 芦賲賳 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賲 鬲賵 乇賮鬲賴 丕蹖貙 趩乇丕 賵丕蹖爻鬲丕丿蹖責禄貨 賲賳 賲賵丿亘丕賳賴 诏賮鬲賲: 芦賲賳鬲馗乇 睾匕丕 賴爻鬲賲.禄 丕賵 賮乇蹖丕丿 夭丿 芦賲蹖丿丕賳爻鬲賲 丕賴賱 讴丕乇 賳蹖爻鬲蹖.禄貨 芦賲爻賱賲丕貙 丨賯 亘丕 丕賵 亘賵丿貨 賵賱蹖 丕蹖賳 丨乇賮卮 亘賴 賲毓賳蹖 禺賵丕賳丿賳 賮讴乇 亘賵丿貨 丕蹖賳 乇賮鬲丕乇卮 丕氐賱丕賸 丿乇爻鬲 賵 賲賳胤賯蹖 賳亘賵丿貨 賵賱蹖 賮賯蹖乇蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌爻鬲丕賳賴 丿乇 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴 乇丕賴蹖 睾蹖乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賳丿丕乇丿貨 亘賳丕亘乇丕蹖賳貙 賳丕趩丕乇 賲賳胤賯 賵 丕禺賱丕賯 丕賵 乇丕 賯亘賵賱 讴乇丿賲貨 賲賳 丿賵亘丕乇賴 賲賵丿亘丕賳賴 诏賮鬲賲: 芦卮賲丕 賲蹖亘蹖賳蹖丿 丕賱丕賳 诏乇爻賳賴 丕賲貨 鬲丕 氐亘丨 诏乇爻賳賴 亘賲丕賳賲貨 亘丕 卮讴賲 诏乇爻賳賴 賮乇丿丕 趩賴 噩賵乇蹖 讴丕乇 讴賳賲貨 卮賲丕 丕賱丕賳 亘賴 賲賳 睾匕丕 亘丿賴蹖丿 亘禺賵乇賲 鬲丕 賮乇丿丕 亘鬲賵丕賳賲 丿乇爻鬲 賵 丨爻丕亘蹖 丌噩乇賴丕蹖 卮賲丕 乇丕 亘趩蹖賳賲.禄貨

丕賵 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖讴賴 睾匕丕禺賵乇丿賳 乇丕 丕丿丕賲賴 賲蹖丿丕丿貙 丿乇亘丕乇賴 丨乇賮賴丕蹖賲 亘賴 賮讴乇 乇賮鬲貨 賴賲爻乇卮 丨丕囟乇 亘賵丿 丕夭 賲賳 胤乇賮丿丕乇蹖 讴賳丿 賵賱蹖 卮賴丕賲鬲 丕蹖賳讴丕乇 乇丕 賳丿丕卮鬲貨 亘丕賱丕禺乇賴 氐丕丨亘 禺丕賳賴 丿乇 賴賲丕賳 丨丕賱 讴賴 賲卮睾賵賱 噩賵蹖丿賳 睾匕丕 亘賵丿貙 诏賮鬲: 芦亘賴 鬲賵 禺賵丕賴賲 诏賮鬲 讴賴 趩賴 讴丕乇 賲蹖讴賳賲貙 亘乇賵 賮乇丿丕 氐亘丨 亘蹖丕 爻乇讴丕乇貙 賳夭丿蹖讴 馗賴乇 倬賵賱鬲 乇丕 賲蹖丿賴賲 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿鬲 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 讴丕賮蹖 睾匕丕 鬲賴蹖賴 讴賳蹖 賵 亘禺賵乇蹖貨 丌賳賵賯鬲 賲卮禺氐 賲蹖卮賵丿 讴賴 讴丕乇 賲蹖讴賳蹖 蹖丕 賳賲蹖讴賳蹖貨 賲賳 卮乇賵毓 讴乇丿賲: 芦丿乇 氐賵乇鬲蹖讴賴...禄貨 賵賱蹖 丕賵 丨乇賮賴丕蹖賲 乇丕 賯胤毓 讴乇丿 賵 诏賮鬲: 芦賳賴 禺蹖乇貙 丕诏乇 丕賱丕賳 亘賴 卮賲丕 睾匕丕 亘丿賴賲貙 丿蹖诏乇 賴乇诏夭 卮賲丕 乇丕 丿賵亘丕乇賴 賳賲蹖亘蹖賳賲貙 趩賵賳 丌丿賲賴丕卅蹖 賲孬賱 卮賲丕賴丕 乇丕 禺賵亘 賲蹖卮賳丕爻賲貨 亘亘蹖賳貙 賲賳 亘賴 賴蹖趩 讴爻 蹖讴 乇蹖丕賱 亘丿賴讴丕乇 賳蹖爻鬲賲貙 丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賲 丕夭 賴蹖趩 讴爻 睾匕丕 诏丿丕卅蹖 賳讴乇丿賴 丕賲 賵 賴賲蹖卮賴 亘丕 丨丕氐賱 丿爻鬲乇賳噩 禺賵丿賲 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿賴 丕賲貨 賲卮讴賱 鬲賵 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘蹖讴丕乇 賵 丿乇亘丿乇蹖 賵 丕夭 讴丕乇 賮乇丕乇 讴賳貨 丕蹖賳 賲爻卅賱賴 丕夭 趩賴乇賴 丕鬲 讴丕賲賱丕賸 賲卮禺氐 丕爻鬲貨 賲賳 賴賲蹖卮賴 讴丕乇 讴乇丿賴 丕賲 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 卮乇丕賮鬲賲賳丿丕賳賴 丕蹖 賴賲 丿丕卮鬲賴 丕賲貨 鬲賵 賴賲 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳蹖 讴丕乇 賵 讴賵卮卮 讴賳蹖 賵 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿鬲 ..禄)貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱

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April 15, 2017
The Road by Jack London was published in 1907, years before George Orwell鈥檚 and decades before Jack Kerouac鈥檚 .

This compilation of stories and essays is gleaned from the remembrances of an older and more successful London, looking back on his days as a tramp and hobo. We learn about life aboard box car trains, running and evading the train conductors, time in prison for vagrancy and the ubiquitous begging and scamming for food.

Also detailed is 尝辞苍诲辞苍鈥檚 own (at age 18) experience as a part of Coxey鈥檚 Army of unemployed protesters in 1894. Most interesting to me was the clearly planted seeds of 尝辞苍诲辞苍鈥檚 later socialist ideological passions, growing from his humble perspective of a wayward soul on the roads of North America.

Not one of his better works, but very interesting in its own unique way.

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January 18, 2021
Big Rock Candy Mountain
~~ written by Harry McClintock

Chorus:
Oh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees
The soda water fountain where the lemonade springs
And the bluebird sings in that Big Rock Candy Mountain

On a summer day
In the month of May
A burly bum came ahiking
Down a shady lane
Through the sugar cane
He was looking for his liking
As he strolled along
He sang a song
Of the land of milk and honey
Where a bum can stay
For many a day
And he won't need any money

Chorus:

In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
The cops have wooden legs
The bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmers' trees are full of fruit
The barns are full of hay
I want to go where there ain't no snow
Where the sleet don't fall and the wind don't blow
In that Big Rock Candy Mountain

~~ Sung by Burl Ives


Back in the 70s my friend Cathy and her boyfriend George took me to Glen Ellen, CA to Jack 尝辞苍诲辞苍鈥檚 Historial Park. The small wooden house where he lived was still on the land, and the stone Wolf House that he had been having built, had burned down just before they were to move into it. Its ruins remain. His wife Charmian wrote that "the razing of his house killed something in Jack, and he never ceased to feel the tragic inner sense of loss.鈥�

I picked up a copy of his credo while at the museum, and I kept it for many years:

鈥淚 would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out
in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom
of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The function of man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time.鈥�

Ah, to live like that, I thought.

Jack and Charmian began preparations to build another stone house on the land, but he died 3 years and 3 months after the fire on November 22, 1918. His health had been failing him for a while. He was just 40 years old. His wife saw to the construction of new house, The House of Happy Walls, and she lived in it until her death in 1955. It is this house that you see first when you come into the park. In it is the museum. Since that one visit, I had gone there often, sometimes alone, just to be there, to see it agaih, and sometimes I sat by their small lake.

While in the museum I read of his travels, I saw this souvenirs from the different islands, and I coveted it all. I had wished then that I had been his wife Charmian because she had traveled with him. Heck, I wished that I had been him. Ah, to sail the seas, to meet the natives of the various islands.

And then I saw his Socialist Party card. He had become one in 1890. This book was about his life as a hobo in 1894. It is political. There is a book out titled, The Radical Jack London.

He had become a hobo because he had the wanderlust, the desire to try it out, to jump the trains, see the U.S. and Canada. It sounded excitsing. So if you read a biography of him that says he did this because he was studying sociology, don鈥檛 believe it, he says.

His days as a hobo, while they sounded exciting, weren鈥檛 always so. It was dangerous. The shacks, as he called the men working the trains, the ones that fought to keep the hobos off, were dangerous. You could get beaten up, even killed. He played cat and mouse with them many a time. Perhaps that was exciting to him.

What surprised me and yet didn鈥檛 surprise me at all, was how they could pick a man up off the streets, or walking in the country, without any provocation. Vagrancy. Then that man would be thrown into jail and then sent to prison for 30 to 90 days. He was made to work hard before he got out.

They fed the prisoners, the new ones, bread and water. The men bartered when they could. An old timer in prison got better food, so if the old timer needed an article of your clothing, like your suspenders, he may trade you a piece of meat for them.

Jack London mentioned how you couldn鈥檛 see a lawyer during your quick trial, you could鈥檛 even send a letter out of the prison or receive one. When I think of how he was a socialist, I can see that this book had a message. One of our cruel prison system.

I thought back to`1962 when I first moved to Vacaville, CA to stay with my to be husband鈥檚 family. He had once lived in my home town of Paso Robles, CA when we met. I wanted to move close to him, and I was fresh out of high school, so I left home. One day he drove me into town, and while he was at the high school, I walked around town looking for work. Not finding any, I went back and sat in the car in the school parking lot to wait until school was out. Instead, the police came and took me down to the station. Vagrancy. I told them where I was staying and said that I had been looking for work. I was not a vagrant. They were bullies. They took me in one of their squad cars and let me out just outside of the city limits on the road going to my boyfriend鈥檚 mother鈥檚 home. I sat and waited for him to show up.

I have never since liked Vacaville鈥檚 police. I don鈥檛 even like Vacaville. In the next few days, I had a job at the A&W Root Beer Stand as a carhop. The same police men drove by and saw me. I smiled to myself, thinking that they could do nothing more to me. I had a job. Then I rented a house in the country.

London feared the police and ran from them even after he began going to college. Even though he had done nothing wrong. His fear was deep.

There was a chapter in this book where he talked about hopping trains, but I didn鈥檛 understand the lingo, so I missed out on some of what he was saying. Another chapter was about his knocking on doors looking for handouts. He said that as soon as you saw the person who answered the door, you had to have them sized up that quick, as to the story you would tell. And did he ever have sad stories. For one, his mother died of different ailments, depending on how he sized up the home owner. His father may have as well.

The hobos knew which towns to walk quietly though and which ones to leave alone altogether, because if you were caught in certain towns, it was 30 days or more. They wrote these notes on water towers, even notes saying who had been there and when and even where that person was headed. Jack tried to follow one hobo around whose nick name was similar to his. He just wanted to meet up with him, but he was either just behind him or in front of him. They never got to meet.

I am sure that there are better ways to travel, because this hobo life didn鈥檛 seem carefree to me. You could go hungry, freeze to death, get beaten, go to prison, and have what little you own stolen from you. Still, it would have been fun to have learned to hop a few trains.
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March 15, 2017
Not your typical Jack London tale but very interesting and entertaining. It's about his life on the road and his experiences riding the rails as a hobo. A series of anecdotal tales of dodging conductors, railroad security, town sheriffs, and bumming meals while perfecting the art of lying.

What an interesting character this man was. He was a hobo, a seaman, a gold prospector, just to name a few. And he drew on all these life experiences to write some of the most successful novels of the early 20th century.
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September 8, 2023
Posebnu slabost gajim prema ovim d啪epnim izdanjima 鈥濻vjetlosti鈥�, pre svega zbog ovih predivnih petpara膷kih ilustracija na koricama, a onda i zbog demokrati膷nosti izbora romana - od jugo 啪anrovskih ostvarenja preko klasike (prvi prevod Velikog Getsbija se pojavio u ovoj ediciji i to pod imenom ) do onda拧nje savremene knji啪evnosti (prvi prevodi Kriste Volf i Edne O Brajen).

A slabost galjim i prema D啪eku Londonu, poslednjoj mitskoj figuri ameri膷ke knji啪evnosti (uvek ra膷unam da devetnastovekovne figure Amerike poput Dikinsonove, Vitmena, Melvila i ekipe, izgledaju manje 鈥瀞tvarno鈥� od njihovih evropskih savremenika). Pojavio se tako niotkuda i samouk, i拧tancovao gomilu raznolikih knjiga i onda nestao u dimu opijuma.

鈥濽spomene skitnice鈥�, iliti 鈥濼he Road鈥� kako glasi u originalu (prevodilac je isti onaj koji je Getsbija preveo kao 鈥濻naga ljubavi"!), su memoarska proza o vremenu kada je osamnaestogodi拧nji London 啪iveo kao skitnica i pro拧ao 啪eleznicom put od 10.000 milja. Pripovedne celine su oblikovane manje epizodi膷no, a vi拧e tematski (kako sam prosio, kako sam besplatno putovao vozom, kako sam pre啪iveo zatvor i sl.). Pripovedanje je pravo Londonovsko, uzbudljivo i pustolovno, i dalje blisko 啪ivom pripovedanju uz, recimo, neku vatru. Nije najve膰i London, ali je tipi膷an. Hit the I ponovo da se vratim na ovo izdanje: petpara膷ke korice, komunisti膷ko ideolo拧ki podoban blurb: 鈥濷va knjiga je ujedno i reljefni prikaz te拧ke socijalne stvarnosti koja pritiskuje i otu膽uje siroma拧ne ljude 啪eljne rada, hljeba i mirnog 啪ivota鈥� i naposletku sam pripoveda膷 koji demanatuje blurb jugoslovenskog izdanja tvrde膰i da je njegov motiv da postane skitnica le啪ao u 啪elji za avanturom i prezir prema radu. U tom trojnom sadejstvu mo啪e da se predstave tri lica ova memoarske proze. Naime, lik osamnaestogodi拧njeg D啪eka Londona kao skitnice jeste neko ko je blizak pikarskoj tradiciji, on je lupe啪, ne mo啪e mu se verovati, superioran je u svojoj inteligenciji u odnosu na druge likove i urnebesno duhovit u pripovedanju svojih priklju膷enija. Naravno, tu je i London socijalista, nekad direktno nekad indirektno, ali uvek pod pla拧tom ironije (tipa, nemojte se 膷uditi 拧to sam krao hranu u zatvoru od drugih zatvorenika, to bogati van zatvora redovno 膷ine siroma拧nima). I, kona膷no, London kao zabavlja膷, onaj koji u autpoeti膷kom momentu insitira da je nau膷io ubedljivo da pripoveda tako 拧to je prosio i 拧to je od 鈥瀔valieta鈥� pri膷a direktno zavisilo da li 膰e uspeti da isprosi hranu na pragovima ku膰a 拧irom Amerike. To je London kao komercijalni autor koji balansira ona prva dva lica 鈥� ok ideologija, ok istina, ok umetnost ali ajde da zaradim lebac od middleclass tako 拧to 膰u pru啪im zabavnu pri膷u. Po膷etna re膷enica memoara zaslu啪uje da bude poznatija: Jo拧 i sada 啪ivi u dr啪avi Nevadi 啪ena koju sam jednom prilikom nekoliko dugih sati neprekidno, dosledno i bezo膷no lagao.
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June 26, 2020
Jack London got off to a busy start in life. Born in 1876, before he took off from Oakland CA to be a 17-year-old hobo, he'd worked 12-hour days at a cannery, owned his own boat as an oyster pirate, and sailed to Japan on a sealing ship, among other things. By the time these tales of his adventures crossing the country by rail in 1893-94 were published in 1907, he was already famous for his novels Call of the Wild, The Sea Wolf, and White Fang.

The nine sketches are a mix of training manual for life riding the trains and anecdotes of London's own experiences among the horde of hoboes driven to the rails by the Panic of 1893. He covers in some detail the jargon, rules of the road, and physical techniques for jumping on and getting off moving trains, while evading the "shacks", i.e. brakemen, and other railroad crewmen, and explains the mindset necessary for successful begging for food and clothes at houses and on the street in between trains.

Generally not given to waxing eloquently about the vast swathes of the country he passed through, London was quite taken with Niagara Falls. Unfortunately, his visit resulted in a sentence of 30 days in the Erie County Penitentiary for vagrancy. His account of his arrest and trial has an almost humorous tone, but there's nothing funny about his time in the "Pen", and as corrupt and violent as he describes it being, he also confesses he's passing lightly over "unprintable" and unthinkable" horrors.

As a native Hawkeye, I found his description of travelling across Iowa with Kelly's Army, from Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to Keokuk, on the Mississippi, to be fascinating. The 2,000-strong Army of unemployed had jumped trains from California to Omaha, but the railroads said no more free rides. Following an unsuccessful effort to hijack a train, the Army headed east on foot and the plot thickened.

There's not really a narrative arc to The Road and it just ends, without much development or resolution along the way. For having already published "How I became a Socialist" in the March 1903 issue of The Comrade, London doesn't get very political in the book, either. He uses several racist terms for blacks, but otherwise doesn't express racist views.

The free LibriVox audiobook I listened to was a good choice for my daily walk, but there were a few mispronunciations.
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December 31, 2021
4.5 Stars for The Road (audiobook) by Jack London read by Barry Eads.

This was a interesting part of Jack 尝辞苍诲辞苍鈥檚 life that I wasn鈥檛 aware of. In this book he tells stories about when he was a young man in the late 1800鈥檚, traveling around the country as a Hobo. There were many great adventures of him jumping on trains and getting arrested. It was fascinating to hear about the life he led before he became a famous author.
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Ein Schlitzohr mit Erz盲hltalent 眉ber das unertr盲gliche Vergn眉gen, ein Schwarzfahrer und Schnorrer zu sein.
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螆尾未慰渭慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿慰蠀 韦味伪魏 螞蠈谓蟿慰谓 蟺慰蠀 未喂伪尾维味蠅 魏伪喂 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 尾伪胃渭慰位慰纬蠋 渭蔚 蟺苇谓蟿蔚 伪蟽蟿蔚蟻维魏喂伪 蟽蟿慰 Gooreads, 渭蔚蟿维 蟿慰 魏伪蟿伪蟺位畏魏蟿喂魏蠈 "螣 蟿伪尉喂未喂蠋蟿畏蟼 蟿'慰蠀蟻伪谓慰蠉" 蟺慰蠀 未喂维尾伪蟽伪 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈位伪蠀蟽伪 蟺苇蟻蠀蟽喂. 螘蟺委蟽畏蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 伪渭喂纬蠋蟼 伪蠀蟿慰尾喂慰纬蟻伪蠁喂魏蠈 苇蟻纬慰 蟿慰蠀 螞蠈谓蟿慰谓 蟺慰蠀 蔚委蠂伪 蟿畏锟斤拷 蟿蠉蠂畏 谓伪 蟺喂维蟽蠅 蟽蟿伪 蠂苇蟻喂伪 渭慰蠀. 桅蠀蟽喂魏维 魏维蟺慰喂伪 未喂畏纬萎渭伪蟿维 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蠅 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂, 尾伪蟽委味慰谓蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 苇味畏蟽蔚 慰 委未喂慰蟼, 伪位位维 蔚未蠋 未蔚谓 尾位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 魏维蟺慰喂慰 alter ego 蟿慰蠀, 伪位位维 蟿慰谓 委未喂慰 蟿慰谓 韦味伪魏 螞蠈谓蟿慰谓, 蟽伪谓 蟺蔚蟻喂蠁蔚蟻蠈渭蔚谓慰 伪位萎蟿畏.

螣喂 蔚谓谓喂维 伪蠀蟿慰尾喂慰纬蟻伪蠁喂魏苇蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟺蔚蟻喂苇蠂慰谓蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 苇蠂慰蠀谓 谓伪 魏维谓慰蠀谓 渭蔚 蟿伪 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪 蟺慰蠀 慰 韦味伪魏 螞蠈谓蟿慰谓 苇味畏蟽蔚 蟽伪谓 hobo 魏伪蟿维 蟿畏 未蔚魏伪蔚蟿委伪 蟿慰蠀 1890, 蠈蟿伪谓 萎蟿伪谓 伪魏蠈渭伪 苇蠁畏尾慰蟼. Hobos 萎蟿伪谓 伪蠀蟿慰委 慰喂 维蟽蟿蔚纬慰喂 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺位伪谓蠋渭蔚谓慰喂 蟿蠉蟺慰喂, 蟺慰蠀 蟺萎纬伪喂谓伪谓 伪蟺蠈 蟺蠈位畏 蟽蔚 蟺蠈位畏 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟺慰位喂蟿蔚委伪 蟽蔚 蟺慰位喂蟿蔚委伪, 蟽蔚 蠈位伪 蟿伪 渭萎魏畏 魏伪喂 蟺位维蟿畏 蟿慰蠀 螝伪谓伪未维 魏伪喂 蟿蠅谓 螚螤螒, 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂蠋谓蟿伪蟼 蟿伪 蟺蠈未喂伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪位位维 魏蠀蟻委蠅蟼 蟿蟻苇谓伪. 螤慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟺慰蠀 未慰蠉位蔚蠀伪谓 纬喂伪 谓伪 尾纬维位慰蠀谓 蟿伪 伪蟺伪蟻伪委蟿畏蟿伪 蠂蟻萎渭伪蟿伪 纬喂伪 谓伪 蠁维谓蔚 魏伪喂 谓伪 尾蟻慰蠀谓 苇谓伪 渭苇蟻慰蟼 谓伪 魏慰喂渭畏胃慰蠉谓, 伪位位维 蟽蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼 味畏蟿喂维谓蔚蠀伪谓 萎 苇魏位蔚尾伪谓. 螝伪喂 蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 蟿慰 蟺喂慰 蟽蠀谓伪蟻蟺伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈 魏慰渭渭维蟿喂 蟿畏蟼 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓蠈蟿畏蟿维蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 萎蟿伪谓 谓伪 尉蔚纬蔚位维蟽慰蠀谓 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏慰蠉蟼, 蟽蟿伪胃渭维蟻蠂蔚蟼, 慰未畏纬慰蠉蟼, 蠁蟻慰谓蟿喂蟽蟿苇蟼 魏位蟺 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟺畏未萎尉慰蠀谓 蟽'苇谓伪 蟿蟻苇谓慰. 螤慰位位苇蟼 蠁慰蟻苇蟼 魏慰喂渭蠈谓蟿慰蠀蟽伪谓 蟽蟿慰 蠉蟺伪喂胃蟻慰, 伪魏蠈渭伪 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻蔚蟼 蟽蔚 魏蔚位喂维 魏伪喂 蠁蠀位伪魏苇蟼, 蔚谓蠋 慰 胃维谓伪蟿慰蟼 伪蟺蠈 未蠀蟽蟿蠀蠂萎渭伪蟿伪 未蔚谓 萎蟿伪谓 伪蟽蠀谓萎胃喂蟽蟿慰 蠁伪喂谓蠈渭蔚谓慰.

螤蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维, 未蔚谓 尉苇蟻蔚蟿蔚 蟺蠈蟽慰 蟺慰位蠉 渭蔚 蔚尉喂蟿维蟻慰蠀谓 蟿苇蟿慰喂慰蠀 蔚委未慰蠀蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼, 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬萎渭伪蟿伪 蟿畏蟼 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪蟼 蔚谓蠈蟼 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪 萎 尾伪蟽喂蟽渭苇谓蔚蟼 蟽蔚 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟿伪. 螘未蠋, 蠁蠀蟽喂魏维, 喂蟽蠂蠉蔚喂 蟿慰 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰, 慰蟺蠈蟿蔚 蔚蠀蠂伪蟻喂蟽蟿萎胃畏魏伪 伪魏蠈渭伪 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰. 螣 韦味伪魏 螞蠈谓蟿慰谓 蟿蔚委谓蔚喂 谓伪 纬委谓蔚喂 苇谓伪蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓慰蠀蟼 渭慰蠀 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁蔚委蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓慰 尾喂尾位委慰 伪蟺慰未蔚喂魏谓蠉蔚喂 蟿慰 纬喂伪蟿委. 螣 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟺蔚蟻喂纬蟻维蠁蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀, 蟿伪 渭苇蟻畏 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀蟼 蟺慰蠀 纬谓蠋蟻喂蟽蔚, 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 渭慰谓伪未喂魏蠈蟼. 螣 蟻蔚伪位喂蟽渭蠈蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓蟿慰谓慰蟼 魏伪喂 蠅渭蠈蟼, 畏 蔚喂蟻蠅谓蔚委伪 未喂维蠂蠀蟿畏 蟽蟿畏谓 伪蟿渭蠈蟽蠁伪喂蟻伪, 畏 渭伪蟿喂维 蟿慰蠀 慰尉蠀未蔚蟻魏萎蟼. 螘蟺委蟽畏蟼 蠁慰尾蔚蟻维 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿伪 未喂维蠁慰蟻伪 蟽蠂蠈位喂维 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 魏蟻委谓慰蠀谓 魏伪喂 蔚蟺喂魏蟻委谓慰蠀谓 蟿喂蟼 螒蟻蠂苇蟼, 蟿慰 未喂魏伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈 蟽蠉蟽蟿畏渭伪, 蟿慰蠀蟼 "魏伪胃蠅蟽蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂" 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀蟼 蟺慰蠀 魏慰喂蟿慰蠉谓 蔚蟺喂蟿喂渭畏蟿喂魏维 蟿慰蠀蟼 味畏蟿喂维谓慰蠀蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 蠁蟿蠅蠂慰蠉蟼, 魏伪喂 蟺维蔚喂 位苇纬慰谓蟿伪蟼. 螁位位蠅蟽蟿蔚, 慰 韦味伪魏 螞蠈谓蟿慰谓 萎蟿伪谓 纬谓蠅蟽蟿蠈蟼 纬喂伪 蟿喂蟼 蟺慰位喂蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 伪谓畏蟽蠀蠂委蔚蟼.

螒蠀蟿维 蟿伪 慰位委纬伪. 螌蟿伪谓 伪纬蠈蟻伪蟽伪 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 伪蠀蟿蠈 伪谓蠀蟺慰渭慰谓慰蠉蟽伪 谓伪 蟿慰 未喂伪尾维蟽蠅, 伪位位维 萎胃蔚位伪 谓伪 蟿慰 未喂伪尾维蟽蠅 蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿维位位畏位畏 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎, 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 畏蟽蠀蠂委伪 渭慰蠀. 围胃蔚蟼 蟿慰 尾蟻维未蠀 魏伪喂 蟽萎渭蔚蟻伪 蟿慰 渭蔚蟽畏渭苇蟻喂 (蟿慰 未喂维尾伪蟽伪 蟽蔚 未蠀慰 未蠈蟽蔚喂蟼) 尾蟻萎魏伪 蟿慰谓 魏伪蟿维位位畏位慰 蔚位蔚蠉胃蔚蟻慰 蠂蟻蠈谓慰 魏伪喂 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 蟿慰 魏伪蟿蔚蠀蠂伪蟻喂蟽蟿萎胃畏魏伪. 螤蟻喂谓 魏伪谓 蟿慰 伪蟻蠂委蟽蠅 萎渭慰蠀谓 蟽委纬慰蠀蟻慰蟼 蠈蟿喂 胃伪 渭蔚 尉蔚蟿蟻蔚位维谓蔚喂 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 苇蟺蔚蟽伪 苇尉蠅. 韦苇位慰蟼, 苇蠂蠅 谓伪 蟺蟻慰蟿蔚委谓蠅 渭喂伪 蟿伪喂谓委伪 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏萎 渭蔚 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰, 渭蔚 蟺伪蟻蠈渭慰喂伪 伪蟿渭蠈蟽蠁伪喂蟻伪 魏伪喂 蟺慰位位维 魏慰喂谓维 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪: "Emperor of the North Pole", 蟽蔚 蟽魏畏谓慰胃蔚蟽委伪 Robert Aldrich 魏伪喂 渭蔚 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿苇蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine 魏伪喂 Keith Carradine. 螤蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏萎 蟿伪喂谓委伪!

违.螕. 螤慰位蠉 蠅蟻伪委伪 畏 苇魏未慰蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 螙伪蠂伪蟻蠈蟺慰蠀位慰蠀, 渭蔚 蟺蟻慰蟽蔚纬渭苇谓畏 渭蔚蟿维蠁蟻伪蟽畏 魏伪喂 蟺维谓蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟽伪蟻维谓蟿伪 蠁蠅蟿慰纬蟻伪蠁委蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟽魏委蟿蟽伪!
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鈥滻 went on the road because I couldn鈥檛 keep away from it, because I hadn鈥檛 the price of the railroad fare in my jeans, because I was so made that I couldn鈥檛 work all my life on one same shift, because, well, just because it was easier to than not to.鈥�

Jack London was America鈥檚 original man of action writer. A generation before Hemingway became as famous for the life he led as for what he wrote, London had already blazed that trail. Jack London used the material gained from his adventure-packed life to power his writing. Outlaw oyster pirate, Klondike gold prospector, seal schooner sailor, war correspondent, socialist activist 鈥� all of these roles that he lived became grist for his writing. But perhaps the role that had the greatest impact on London as the most popular storyteller of his generation was his experiences crossing and recrossing the country as a young tramp riding the rails. The Road, written years afterward when he was an established writer, chronicles those crucial formative experiences.

In The Road, London shared fascinating stories of his life riding the rails. One chapter, Holding Her Down, details a single train ride where he continually outsmarted two shacks (railroad brakemen) and a conductor who were earnestly working in concert at every stop of the train to roust him off. He tells tales of run ins with bulls (cops), and of getting pinched and doing thirty days in prison in Buffalo. He tells a harrowing story of catching a ride on a locked down through train (a train with all doors locked with no stops so it could gain speeds of sixty miles per hour) while he was desperately clinging on its outside with too little purchase, death just inches away. He has a whole chapter about road kids 鈥� youths as young as thirteen who rode the rails together and formed dangerous, feral gangs who preyed on drunks and bindlestiffs (working hobos who could be counted on to have cash) with shocking and joyful violence. And he recounts his adventures traveling with Kelly鈥檚 Army, a division of the famous Coxey鈥檚 Army, riding rails, navigating rivers, and marching in an organized protests march against unemployment.

But most telling are his chapters about how he learned to survive on the road through learning the psychology of his countrymen. He learned how to lie strategically, to sum people up, learn how they saw him, and what story they needed to hear. He came to see himself as performing for his dinner. He wrote:

鈥滻t was fair exchange. I gave full value. Right royally I gave them entertainment. My coming to sit at their table was their adventure. An adventure is beyond price, anyway.鈥�

And he clearly viewed these lessons he learned to survive on the road as the basic building blocks of his craft 鈥�

鈥滻 have often thought that to this training of my tramp days is due much of my success as a story writer. In order to get the food whereby I lived, I was compelled to tell tales that rang true. At the back door, out of inexorable necessity, is developed the convincingness and sincerity lain down by all authorities on the short story.鈥�

So while The Road is far from 尝辞苍诲辞苍鈥檚 most famous or popular book, it may just be the most crucial one to understanding the popular writer he became. That鈥檚 in addition, of course, to being one of the earliest and best American road books, and being full of fascinating tales told well.
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The 'Road' in question is the railroad - motor cars were almost unheard of when Jack London was travelling around America as a hobo. This is a fascinating look at a very different country. It's full of great characters and long-forgotten slang and exciting tussles with policemen and railroad employees.

The interesting thing about the book, for me, is that it works so well even though the story doesn't have much of a trajectory. It's really just a series of anecdotes about life as a hobo, from surviving a stint in jail to sneaking onto trains and staying on despite the brakemen trying to throw him off. The reason I kept reading was for the wonderful details, the vivid descriptions, the large characters, the tall tales and the wonderful insight into a world that seems very distant now. Highly recommended.
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February 7, 2025
讴鬲丕亘 卮乇丨 爻丕賱鈥屬囏й� 禺丕賳賴鈥屫ㄙ団€屫堌篡� 噩讴 賱賳丿賳 丕爻鬲. 丿乇 丕亘鬲丿丕 鬲氐賵乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屬� 乇丕賵蹖 蹖讴 亘蹖鈥屫з嗁呚з� 丿乇 爻丕賱鈥屬囏й� 乇讴賵丿 丕賯鬲氐丕丿蹖 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 丕爻鬲貙 丕賲丕 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫� 丕蹖賳 卮乇丨 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿卮 丿乇 爻丕賱鈥屬囏й� 郾鄹酃郯 (賵 亘賴鈥屫焚堌� 丿賯蹖賯鈥屫� 爻丕賱 郾鄹酃鄢) 丕爻鬲 賵 丕诏乇 賲蹖鈥屭堐屬嗀� 噩讴 賱賳丿賳 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 亘賴 乇卮鬲賴贁 鬲丨乇蹖乇 丿乇丌賵乇丿賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘蹖鈥屫з嗁呚з嗀з� 賲丿鬲蹖 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 丌賳丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿貙 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 丕爻鬲. 噩讴 賱賳丿賳 賵丕賯毓丕賸 賲丿鬲蹖 亘丿賵賳 卮睾賱 賵 亘蹖鈥屫з嗁呚з� 蹖丕 亘賴 賯賵賱 禺賵丿卮 芦賵賱诏乇丿禄 (hobo) 亘賵丿賴 丕爻鬲. 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮乇丨 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 爻禺鬲 丌賳 爻丕賱鈥屬囏й� 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 丿乇 賲賵丕噩賴賴 亘丕 亘蹖鈥屫з嗁呚з嗀з� 賵 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 讴乇丿賳 丌賳丕賳貙 爻禺鬲蹖 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賳 卮睾賱 賵 爻蹖乇 讴乇丿賳 卮讴賲貙 爻蹖爻鬲賲 夭賳丿丕賳鈥屬囏� 賵 乇賵丕亘胤 亘蹖賳 夭賳丿丕賳蹖丕賳 賵 卮乇丨 乇賮丕賯鬲鈥屬囏й� 亘蹖鈥屫з嗁呚з嗏€屬囏� 亘丕 賴賲丿蹖诏乇 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗃屬�. 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕賵賱蹖賳 亘丕乇 丿乇 爻丕賱 郾酃郯鄯 亘丕 毓賳賵丕賳 丕氐賱蹖 The Road 賲賳鬲卮乇 卮丿.

鬲丕乇蹖禺 卮乇賵毓 賵 倬丕蹖丕賳: 噩賲毓賴 郾酃 亘賴賲賳 郾鄞郯鄢
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Author听59 books138 followers
July 11, 2013
This was a great book. When I found the free e-book I didn't realize it was an autobiography until I was a few pages in, then did some research on it. That just made it better. Jack London has to be one of the most fascinating figures in American literature.

This slim book is a series of vignettes about the time he spent as a train-jumping hobo in his youth. It is a fantastic look into a long-past time and a unique culture. Many of the stories are funny, such as how he would win food or elude the bulls. Some inspire social outrage, like when he was imprisoned. The one that stuck with me the most concerned the gypsy camp.

If it offends you to see black people called "coons" and the dreaded N word, you might want to avoid this. Otherwise, I very highly recommend it.

The book gets four starts instead of five simply because I wish there'd been at least a one-paragraph epilogue explaining why he gave up the tramp life.
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390 reviews116 followers
February 3, 2023
尝辞苍诲辞苍鈥檚 The Road recounts episodes from his life as a hobo in the America of the 1890s. It brought to mind George Orwell鈥檚 , but with a distinctly American flavor. Four Stars.
10 reviews1 follower
April 1, 2009
Has to be by far one of the most interesting Non-fiction travel stories I have read. A classic needless to say; makes you want to jump on trains and travel across the US or the world for that matter.
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1,191 reviews2 followers
July 19, 2023
This short classic tells about the portion of London's life when he was a hobo traveling through the US and Canda jumping trains. There were a few interesting bit but it was a tedious and dry read.
Author听6 books244 followers
April 20, 2016
When he was a teenager, London decided, for the pure fact that the road was there, to become a hobo. Later, he compiled his wanderings into a series of essays, thus, The Road. These stories are wonderful, testament to the fact that London was something far beyond The Guy Who Wrote the Wolf Books. He spent 1892-1893 hopping trains across America and Canada, getting tossed in jail for a month in Erie, playing deadly train-hopping games with railroad employees trying to ditch him, stole boats, begged, stole, thieved, and lived an incredible year or two of villainy. He ended up in Kelly's Army and became a river pirate, alienating Kelly himself.
London's reminiscences are fun, funny, and difficult to fathom in this age of screen-scream-mini-me-me-mes. This guy was 16, notorious for being an oyster poacher in Oakland, and decking freight trains in blizzards. All the more wonderful for pointing up the absurdity and lack of our "modern" life.
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140 reviews3 followers
May 29, 2013
This is The Road before On the Road. It's funny and ugly and individualistic and crafty and bad and good and American and human.

I can't imagine what it's like to be so far over the edge, and then to come back.

"I became a tramp-well, because of the life that was in me, of the wanderlust in my blood that would not let me rest. Sociology was merely incidental; it came afterward, in the same manner that a wet skin follows a duckling. I went on 'The Road' because I couldn't keep away from it; because I hadn't the price of the railroad fare in my jeans; because I was so made that I couldn't work all my life on "one same shift"; because--well, just because it was easier to than not to".
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June 20, 2018
London'谋n "serserilik" y谋llar谋n谋 kaleme ald谋臒谋 Demiryolu Serserileri, hem onu tan谋ma imkan谋 hem de s眉r眉kleyici sayfalar sunuyor. Okumas谋 olduk莽a keyifli, 枚zellikle sonlara do臒ru kitap tam anlam谋yla kendini buldu ve sayfalar hi莽 bitmesin istedim. London'谋n farkl谋 bir y枚n眉n眉 kendi a臒z谋ndan okumak g眉zel bir ayr谋cal谋k.
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Author听35 books81 followers
September 8, 2024
Jack London鈥櫮� yollara d眉艧眉ren 1893 krizi olmu艧. Japonya k谋y谋lar谋nda fok avc谋l谋臒谋 yapan gemide 莽al谋艧t谋ktan sonra 眉lkeye d枚nm眉艧 ve bir j眉t fabrikas谋nda ve bir elektrik santralinde yorucu i艧lerde 莽al谋艧t谋ktan sonra yollara d眉艧meye, d眉nyay谋 ke艧fetmeye karar vermi艧. Hobo oldu臒unda Jack London hen眉z on sekiz ya艧谋ndaym谋艧. Y眉k trenlerine ka莽ak olarak binip ya da y眉r眉yerek binlerce kilometre kat ederek Kuzey Amerika鈥檡谋 dola艧m谋艧.
Jack London bu maceralar谋n谋 1907'de yay谋nlanan Yol鈥檇a anlatm谋艧. 鈥淒emiryolu Serserileri鈥�, 鈥淎莽lar Ordusu鈥� gibi adlarla 莽e艧itli kereler ve T眉rk莽eye 莽evrilen Yol鈥檜 bu kez 枚zg眉n ad谋yla, usta 莽evirmen Levent Cinemre鈥檔in T眉k莽esiyle okuyoruz (陌艧 Bankas谋 K眉lt眉r yay.). Cosmopolitan dergisinde tefrika edildikten sonra kitapla艧an Yol bir an谋 kitab谋. Jack London鈥檜n ilk gen莽lik 莽a臒lar谋nda ya艧ad谋klar谋n谋 枚臒reniyoruz.
Tatl谋 dilli, keyifli, kolay okunan bir anlat谋mla Amerika Birle艧ik Devletleri'nin o zamana kadar ya艧ad谋臒谋 en k枚t眉 ekonomik buhran s谋ras谋nda, bir hobo olarak ya艧ad谋klar谋n谋 anlat谋rken hobolu臒un inceliklerini, bir hobonun ba艧谋na gelebilecek tatl谋 ve ac谋 艧eyleri de anlat谋yor.
Tren 莽al谋艧anlar谋n谋, 枚zellikle hobolar谋 yakalamay谋 i艧 haline getirmi艧 frencileri ve polisleri atlatarak y眉k trenlerine binmek, trende yakalanmamak nas谋l m眉mk眉n olur an谋larla bezeyerek kaleme alm谋艧 Jack London. Yiyecek, giysi ve para nerelerde, hangi saatler dilenilir? Hangi kentlerin sakinleri hay谋rsever, hangi kentlerinkiler hobo d眉艧man谋d谋r. Tutuklad谋klar谋 hobo say谋s谋na g枚re maa艧 alan polislerden nas谋l ka莽谋l谋r, ellerine d眉艧眉ld眉臒眉nde nas谋l hikayeler uydurularak onlar谋 hobo olmad谋臒谋n谋za inand谋r谋rs谋n谋z gibi bir 莽ok pratik bilgi de var kitapta.
Bir hobonun hayat谋nda, tutuklan谋p 15 saniye s眉ren ve kendini savunmak i莽in tek bir s枚zc眉k bile ettirmeden 30 g眉nden ba艧layan hapis cezalar谋 yedi臒i yarg谋lamalar da ka莽谋n谋lmaz bir kadermi艧. Jack London da serserilik nedeniyle 30 g眉n hapis cezas谋 yiyor ve hapishane g眉nlerini ayr谋nt谋l谋 olarak anlat谋yor. Onunki biraz 艧ansl谋 bir hapislikmi艧 ama yarg谋s谋z ceza yiyen hobolar谋n baz谋lar谋n谋n ta艧 ocaklar谋nda, 莽iftliklerde kar谋n toklu臒una zorla 莽al谋艧t谋r谋ld谋klar谋 da biliniyormu艧. 陌ronik bir durum ama Jack London鈥櫮眓 babas谋 da bir d枚nem yaklad谋臒谋 hobo say谋s谋na g枚re maa艧 alan bir polismi艧.
Kelley'nin Ordusu鈥檔a kat谋lmas谋 da 枚nemli bir macera. 陌艧sizli臒i protesto etmek ve h眉k眉meti yeni i艧 alanlar谋 a莽maya zorlamak amac谋yla 1894鈥檛e 100 ki艧i Ohio鈥檇an ba艧kent Washington鈥檃 do臒ru y眉r眉y眉艧e ba艧l谋yor. Hobolar谋n da kat谋lmas谋yla y眉r眉y眉艧莽眉lerin say谋s谋 k谋sa s眉rede bini ge莽iyor. 脺lkeyi bir ba艧tan di臒erine y眉r眉yen grubun bir b枚l眉m眉n眉n ba艧谋nda "General" Charles T. Kelley varm谋艧. Bu grubun Kelley'nin Ordusu ad谋n谋 almas谋n谋n nedeni de bu. Jack London grubun nehir oyunca kendi yapt谋klar谋 ilkel sallarla seyahatini, nehir k谋y谋s谋ndaki kasaba ve kentlerde ya艧ayanlarla ili艧kileri anlat谋yor.
Hoboluk ayn谋 zamanda 莽ok tehlikeli bir ya艧am bi莽imi, tren 莽al谋艧anlar谋n谋n ya da polisin eline d眉艧menin yan谋nda kendi aralar谋ndaki grupla艧malar ve kavgalar da kanl谋 ge莽iyormu艧. Bir trene atlamaya 莽al谋艧谋rken tekerleklerin alt谋nda kalmak, h谋zla giden trenden d眉艧mek, vagonlar aras谋nda s谋k谋艧mak ve so臒uk havalarda donarak 枚lmek gibi tehlikeler de var.
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240 reviews25 followers
October 13, 2008
I鈥檝e enjoyed several other hobo accounts (such as Jim Tully's great Beggars of Life), and don鈥檛 know how this had escaped my notice for so long, but I enjoyed it so much I think it may kick off a Jack London binge for me. In these real-life adventures drawn from his tramping days during the depression years of the 1890s, London shares with the reader the fine art of lying and begging for food, the vicious skill of holding one鈥檚 own amidst the rough handling of wolfish road kids and predatory professional hobos, and the colorful language and customs of life . Throughout, London depicts himself as a romantic adventurer and protean trickster, but there is another journey underway here as well. He records a lesser-known historical chapter in which he joined an army of jobless tramps in a march on Washington D.C. to demand of a sort of proto-Public Works Administration 鈥� an experience that clearly had a big influence on 尝辞苍诲辞苍鈥檚 own Socialist views. London comes of age, maturing from a wayward adventure-seeker continually on-the-make and looking out only for his own interests to someone with a wider view of the world鈥檚 unfortunates and a social conscience. These views are reinforced by 尝辞苍诲辞苍鈥檚 experiences behind bars in a powerful passage that pre-figures Alexander Berkman鈥檚 great Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist. I hugely enjoyed this account, as I suspected I would when I chose this title to be the first full-length work to read on my Sony Reader. Not bad, and now I have several other London works in the public domain downloaded, including The Star Rover, which a number of ex-cons have recommended to me over the years.
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630 reviews28 followers
August 6, 2012
Painfully boring. Poorly written. This happened, then this happened, then this happened. On and on for 100 pages. It's a shame that this is so bad because it is an interesting subject (train hopping, the life of a hobo) The reality is that it's been written about so much better, with so much more insight. This left me completely unmoved, it is filled with as much emotion as the instruction manual to my electric toothbrush. Good for you Jack London, you were a hobo for a few years when you were a teenager, big freaking deal. Avoid this book, instead check out the following:
Hobo by Eddy Joe Cotton.
Murder on the Rails by William G. Palmini Jr.
Surviving on the Streets:How to go down without going out by Ace Backwards
Evasion (Crimethinc collective)
Bound for Glory by Woody Guthrie
You Can't Win by Jack Black (Written in 1926 and reported to be William S. Burroughs' favorite book)





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Author听1 book12 followers
November 4, 2018
"E depois? Era uma p谩gina da vida, nada mais, e j谩 vi piores, bem piores. Tenho defendido (quem me ouve pensa que se trata de brincadeira) que o homem se distingue dos animais sobretudo pelo facto de ser o 煤nico a maltratar as f锚meas da mesma esp茅cie, algo de que nunca se pode acusar o lobo ou o cobarde coiote. Nem o c茫o, degenerado pela domestica莽茫o, faz tal coisa, porque nesse aspecto ainda conserva o instinto selvagem, ao passo que o homem perdeu a maior parte dos seus instintos selvagens... pelo menos, a maior parte dos bons instintos."
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114 reviews19 followers
October 25, 2013
Three and a half stars. I hadn't been interested in reading any more hobo literature after "You Can't Win" - it just didn't seem like anything had a chance against Jack Black. However, Jack London's stories of tramping are definitely worth reading, and I'm glad I gave this book a chance. I especially recommend this one if you are interested in hobo terminology; by the time you get through the book, you will have learned a bunch of the lingo for train-hopping and other hobo activities.
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1,586 reviews70 followers
June 1, 2022
A quick free read from Amazon for Kindle.

While it's called "The Road" it should really be called "The Rails" since London hopped trains more than walked (and there was no mention of hitchhiking--because this was written in 1894! I kept thinking it was during the Depression but nope.)

He apologizes for all the "stories" he told to get food and says it was all good practice for this writing career. Early in the book he makes the comment that the poor are more generous than the rich.

dogcharity

He explains all the lingo of hobos. Even I knew what "rolling a stiff" was! Hard to imagine that phrase has been around for 130 years! They also had shorthand on train water towers so they could keep track of each other. Other hobo markings--

hobomarkings

Bet the officials at the "Erie County Pen" had some explaining to do. He wrote a chapter about how horrible it was and all the layers of graft.
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December 23, 2024
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473 reviews36 followers
September 1, 2022
Jack London's true tales of badassary as a hobo riding the rails, getting rolled by bulls and making short-lived acquaintances during the great economic depression of the 1890s.

Not exactly a thriller this one but London's experience-based critique of the place of the poor in society--and description of the society of the poor and desperate risk takers riding the rails and living by their wits--is as apropos today as it ever was. A document of humanity seeking to reclaim the autonomy to go where they please and live as they can, a struggle that continues today.
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782 reviews110 followers
February 15, 2017

Quite interesting, alas, only up to the prison part; after that it becomes repetitive, boring, and just plain silly and impossible. A band of hoboes lording it over a helpless city 鈥� please. The style is great, energetic and springy, bordering on purple (good purple), but what it mainly serves is the endless boasting about riding trains for free and being healthy. It makes for nervous reading; the style promises grand things, but doesn鈥檛 deliver.

There is also a distinct stink of racism, and a certain warmth towards eugenic ideas. There is no sexual activity anywhere in sight, which is hugely suspicious. The life in prison is handled very delicately, despite the exclamations. Although:

鈥淸鈥 man-handling was merely one of the very minor unprintable horrors of the Erie County Pen. I say 鈥渦nprintable锟斤拷锟�; and in justice I must also say 鈥渦nthinkable鈥�. They were unthinkable to me until I saw them, and I was no spring chicken in the ways of the world and the awful abysses of human degradation. It would take a deep plummet to reach bottom in the Erie County Pen, and I do but skim lightly and facetiously the surface of things as I there saw them.鈥�

In a word, irritating. But:

鈥淭he whole prison was covered by a network of lines of communication. And we who were in control of the system of communication, naturally, since we were modeled after capitalistic society, exacted heavy tolls from our customers. It was service for profit with a vengeance, though we were at times not above giving service for love.鈥�
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2,041 reviews81 followers
April 12, 2016
I am still on the fence about London. But he can tell a story. And that was what stood out to me throughout this book - everything hinged on his skill at storytelling. The way way he describes life as a hobo is one of learning how to read what story his audience will believe and spinning it so they give him something of themselves. He says he did some of his best work on the road. I couldn't help thinking of Huck Finn. Or even Ed Ricketts ( Cannery Row, John Steinbeck). It actually made me wonder if he wasn't just continuing in that tradition - spinning us a tale, singing for his supper. He's someone I have difficulty considering a reliable narrator. But it's interesting! Riding the rails, too, was all about being a "character" and having a reputation. Did this stuff really happen? I don't know. But I'm with Ricketts, I give credit for a good story whether it's true or not.
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