The Road by Jack London
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"The Road" by Jack London is a 1907 autobiographical work in which London recounts his experiences as a hobo traveling across the United States in the 1890s.
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| The Road | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Jack London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
accounts of arrests
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accounts of jail time ⓘ descriptions of freight trains ⓘ portraits of fellow hobos ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describesExperienceOf | Jack London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Martin Eden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | The Road: Jack London’s Account of Life on the Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
journalist
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writer ⓘ |
| hasForm | essay collection ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Jack London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adventure
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freedom ⓘ poverty ⓘ social injustice ⓘ survival ⓘ vagabondage ⓘ |
| hasTimeOfAction | Panic of 1893 era ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later hobo literature ⓘ |
| isAbout |
American underclass in the 1890s
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life as a hobo ⓘ train hopping ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
American autobiographical canon
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American travel literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| nonfictionSubject |
hobo life
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homelessness ⓘ railroad travel ⓘ tramping ⓘ |
| originalPublicationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1907 ⓘ |
| publisher | Macmillan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1890s ⓘ |
| settingPlace | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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