| Author | Jack London |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Autobiographical memoir |
| Published | 1907 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 224 |
The Road is an autobiographicalmemoir byJack London, first published in 1907. It is London's account of his experiences as ahobo in the 1890s, during the worsteconomic depression the United States had experienced up to that time.[1] He describes his experienceshopping 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 theErie County Penitentiary, which he described as a place of "unprintable horrors," after being "pinched" (arrested) for vagrancy. In addition, he recounts his time withKelley's Army, which he joined up with inWyoming and remained with until its dissolution at theMississippi River.[2]
The 1973 filmEmperor of the North Pole, starringLee Marvin, is loosely based uponThe Road by Jack London.[3]
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