You can't win by Jack Black
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"You can't win" by Jack Black is an autobiography written in the early to mid-1920s and first published in 1926. It chronicles Black's life as a burglar and hobo across the American and Canadian West from the late 1880s to the early 1900s. Through vivid firsthand accounts, Black explores the underworld of freight-hopping, safe-cracking, and prison life, while examining crime, addiction, criminal justice, and the codes that governed the outlaw community. This
influential memoir would later inspire Beat writers including William S. Burroughs. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Black, Jack, 1871-1932 |
|---|---|
| Author of introduction, etc. | Herrick, Robert, 1868-1938 |
| LoC No. | 26017437 |
| Title | You can't win |
| Original Publication | United States: The Macmillan Company,1926. |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Win_(book) |
| Credits | Joshua Lund (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare |
| Subject | Criminals -- Canada -- Biography |
| Subject | Black, Jack, 1871-1932 |
| Subject | Criminals -- United States -- Biography |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 69404 |
| Release Date | Nov 22, 2022 |
| Last Update | Oct 19, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 738 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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