An edition of You Can't Win
(1926)
You Can't Win
by Jack Black
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June 18, 2024 | History
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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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, Crime, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & OutlawsPeople
Jack Black, William BurroughsPlaces
Canada, San Francisco, The Wild West, United StatesTimes
1875-1930Showing 3 featured editions. View all 25 editions?
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