The Road (London book)

1907 book by Jack London

The Road Author| Jack London

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Language| English
Genre| Autobiographical memoir
Published| 1907
Publication place| United States
Pages| 224

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.[1] 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.[2]

## Film adaptation

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The 1973 film Emperor of the North Pole, starring Lee Marvin, is loosely based upon The Road by Jack London.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Timberlake, Richard H. Jr. (1997). "Panic of 1893". In Glasner, David; Cooley, Thomas F. (eds.). Business Cycles and Depressions: an Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing. pp. 516–18. ISBN 0-8240-0944-4.
2. ^ London, Jack. The Road. New York: Macmillan, 1907. http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/TheRoad/ Archived 2015-01-06 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 31 May 2014
3. ^ Williams, Tony. "Emperor of the North: The Last Hurrah of Lee Marvin." Sensesofcinema.com. Senses of Cinema, Nov. 2007. Web. 31 May 2014. <http://sensesofcinema.com/2007/cteq/emperor-north-williams/>

## External links

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* The Road public domain audiobook at LibriVox

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Jack London

Novels|

* The Cruise of the Dazzler (1902)
* A Daughter of the Snows (1902)
* The Call of the Wild (1903)
* The Kempton-Wace Letters (1903, anonymously co-authored with Anna Strunsky)
* The Sea-Wolf (1904)
* The Game (1905)
* Before Adam (1906)
* White Fang (1906)
* The Iron Heel (1908)
* Martin Eden (1909)
* Burning Daylight (1910)
* Adventure (1911)
* The Scarlet Plague (1912)
* A Son of the Sun (1912)
* The Abysmal Brute (1913)
* The Valley of the Moon (1913)
* The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1914)
* The Star Rover (1915)
* The Little Lady of the Big House (1916)
* Jerry of the Islands (1917)
* Michael, Brother of Jerry (1917)
* Hearts of Three (1920)
* The Assassination Bureau, Ltd (1963) (Unfinished, completed by Robert L. Fish)

Short stories|

* "A Thousand Deaths" (1899)
* "The Law of Life" (1901)
* "Bâtard" (1902)
* "Moon-Face" (1902)
* "The Leopard Man's Story" (1903)
* "To Build a Fire" (1908)
* "The Dream of Debs" (1909)
* "A Piece of Steak" (1909)
* "The South of the Slot" (1909)
* "The Heathen" (1910)
* "The Mexican" (1911)
* "The Unparalleled Invasion" (1914)
* "The Red One" (1918)

Story collections|

* Lost Face (1910)
* South Sea Tales (1911)

Non-fiction|

* The People of the Abyss (1903)
* The Road (1907)
* The Cruise of the Snark (1911)
* John Barleycorn (1913)

Related|

* Charmian London (second wife)
* Joan London (daughter)
* Jack London State Historic Park
* Wolf House
* Jack London Lake
* Jack London Square
* Mount London
* Jack London (1943 film)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

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