About this title: This autobiography, first published in 1926, recounts the life of a bandit in the wild west. Associated with a brotherhood of criminals, Black narrates his experiences in and out of jail, his escapes and near escapes, and his relationships with often crooked law enforcers. This edition is introduced by William S. Burroughs, and an afterword ...
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Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: AK Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781902593029ISBN:1902593022
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Pages are clean and bright; wraps are dimpled and bumped at the fore edge corners. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 279 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: A K Pr Distribution
Date Published: 1999-08-01
ISBN-13:9781902593029ISBN:1902593022
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781902593029. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan, New York
Date Published: 1926
Description: Black was a white hobo and professional burglar from about 1890-1920, riveting tales as a cross-country stick-up man, home burglar, petty thief and opium fiend, urged his fellow criminals to go straight, raged against the futility of prisons and the criminal system ( hence the title), interesting book for its glimpses into black culture and black prison life. His philosophy of life was influential to the Beat Generation, esp. William Burroughs. Black drowned during the Depression, rumored to be ... read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: A K Pr Distribution, Oakland, California, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781902593029ISBN:1902593022
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: WWW. BNPUBLISHING. COM
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9789562915090ISBN:9562915093
Description: New. An amazing autobiography of a criminal from a forgotten time in american history. Jack Black was a burgler, safe-cracker, highwayman and petty thief. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Nabat Books
Date Published: 2001-04-01
ISBN-13:9781902593029ISBN:1902593022
Description: Very Good. 2000 2nd Edition Nabat Books/AK Press (San Francisco) Trade Paperback; text clean/UNMARKED; color cover mild surface rubbing/ever-so-slight edge curling w/corner bends; spine strong + uncreased; NOT x-library; No remainder mark; Not book club; 279 pages; full-page b+w photograph of Jack Black (1926) by Edward Weston; foreword by William S. Burroughs; 24 chapters; afterword (w/footnotes + sources); "What's Wrong With the Right People? " (June, 1929 article in Harper's mag by Black); ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: A K PR INC
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781902593029ISBN:1902593022
Description: New. The favorite book of William Burroughs. A journey into the hobo underworld, freight hopping around the still Wild West, becoming a highwayman and member of the yegg (criminal) brotherhood, getting hooked on opium, doing stints in jail or escaping, of... read more
"This was an interesting book in the sense that it portrays a very specific way of life during a specific time. Jack Black was a thief in the early 1900s and this book is an autobiographical description of his life on the road, his ways of robbing people, the interesting characters he crossed paths with, and many escapes from the law and prison. I found the book quite readable and particularly enjoyed some of his implications regarding the legal and prison systems which are quite relevant today. However, it got quite repetitive for the middle hundred pages or so, and the redemption - such as it was - was long in coming. In some ways the afterward in the edition I had was the most interesting part in finding out how much he edited the telling of his own story.
As a sidenote, this is often touted as the favorite book of William S Burroughs, and after reading more about Burroughs, that makes perfect sense."
"Interesting connection between my old home (Kansas City in general and William Burroughs in specific) with my hew one, with a brief sojourn in the only other major city a could (briefly) call home (Chicago). Unfortunately, the liberal prison reform that the essay and message at the end espouse is now more pressing than ever. More to my stack of evidence that we are indeed moving backwards in all ways social, despite all the history and experience which should have told us (as a creature and as a country) we were wrong. Interesting wit involved her. Much like Twain. The slow slide from an educated boyhood to a life on the road is fascinating."
"I love this book so much. Jack Black was a turn of the century outlaw. He writes so simply and elegantly about his life. It has train hopping, hobo conventions, robbery, prison, escape from prison, San Francisco opium dens, The Sanctimonious Kid, Salt-Chunk Mary, the yegg brotherhood, etc. This is the American history I want to know."
"My brother sent me this for xmas. I am not usually interested in autobiographies of people I have never heard of, but this book really drew me in. This is not Jack Black the actor, but Jack Black the hobo. He does a great job telling his story, and his story is an interesting look at the life of a small time thief and hobo in the early 1900s."
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