London Jack (w2201)

London Jack (w2201)

  • Description: Known for his literary works, Jack London was also a sailor, wanderer, hobo, and gold prospector. He published accounts of his wanderings in the work titled "The Road": "I took to 'the road' because I couldn't help it; because I didn't have the money for a train ticket in my pocket; because I was made in such a way that I couldn't spend my whole life 'on the same shift'; because... in short, because it was easier to do it than not to do it." He took his own life in 1916
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1876-1916
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
  • Internet: https://www.gutenberg.org/author/London,+Jack
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45765
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: London, Jack. 1930. La Strada. Milano: Casa Editrice Bietti.

Man-handling was merely one of the very minor unprintable horrors of the Erie County Pen. I say 'unprintable'; and in justice I must also say undescribable.

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.

Jack London, The Road
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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