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An edition of ↪ /works/OL11224470W (1926)

You can't win

2nd ed.

by and

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.50 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 13 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

William Burroughs, at the age of 13, was inspired by this book, as he mentions in a preface to Naked Lunch. You Can't Win is a memoir that explodes our ideas about the supposedly lawful past; Jack was a drifter, robber, junkie, and hustler that survived from the frontier times til the depression era...apparently. He became a librarian of sorts, wrote his memoir, and then vanished...

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AK Press/Nabat
Language
English
Pages
279

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Subjects
Biography, Criminals, junkie, memoir, naked lunch, underground history, william burroughs, Thieves, Crime and criminals, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Criminals, united states, Criminals, biography, Criminals, canada, Canada, biography, United states, biography, Black jack, 1871-1897, Autobiography, Escapes, Ex-convicts, Jewel thieves, Prison reform, Prison violence, Rogues and vagabonds
People
Jack Black, William Burroughs
Places
Canada, San Francisco, The Wild West, United States
Times
1875-1930

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273).

Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1926.

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Edinburgh, Scotland, San Francisco, CA
Genre
Biography.

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279 p. ;
Number of pages
279

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OL23039225M
Internet Archive
youcantwin00blac
ISBN 10
1902593022
OCLC/WorldCat
43401276
Library Thing
241775
Goodreads
174374

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July 9, 2024 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
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February 18, 2009 Created by ImportBot Imported from San Francisco Public Library record