You Can't Win, Paperback

A major influence on William S. Burroughs and other Beat writers, this lost classic was written by Jack Black, a drifter and small-time criminal. Born in 1872, Black hit the road at the age of 16 and spent most of his life as a vagabond. In this plain-spoken but colorful 1926 memoir, he recaptures a hobo underworld of the early twentieth century, a time when it was possible to pass anonymously from town to town.

Black's firsthand accounts of hopping trains, burglaries, prison, and drug addiction offer a compelling portrait of this seedy side of life a hundred years ago.

• Dimensions: 229 x 152
• Author: Jack Black
• Cover type: Paperback
• Publishing Year: 2021
• Publishing Month: 5
• Pages: 208
• Language: English
• Publisher: Must Have Books
• Weight: 313 g