Jack London 
The Road 

The Road Jack London – The Road is an autobiographical memoir by Jack London. 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. 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.

About the author

Jack London (January 12, 1876 November 22, 1916), was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a huge financial success from writing.