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The favorite book of William Burroughs. A journey into the hobo underworld, freight hopping around the still Wild West, becoming a highwayman and member of the yegg (criminal) brotherhood, getting hooked on opium, doing stints in jail or escaping, often with the assistance of crooked cops or... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jack Black: Narrator
- Salt Chunk Mary: a fence and madam out of Pocatello, Id
- The Sanctimonious Kid: Add a description of this character.
- Soldier Johnny
- Foot and a Half George
- Soapy Smith: A gambler and bunko man.
- Rebel George
- Montana Blacky
- Madam Singleton
- Julia: a whore
- Chew Chee
- Irish Annie
Quotes edit
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“There are only three degrees of tough luck - bad, worse, and worst. When you reach the worst you have the satisfaction of knowing that if your luck changes it has to change for the better.”
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“The expression, “I have him pegged,” which has crept into common usage, is thieves’ slang pure and simple, and has nothing to do with the game of cribbage as many suppose. The thief, to save himself the trouble of staying up all night watching a spot to make sure no one enters after closing hours, puts a small wooden peg in the door jamb after the place is locked up. At five or six o’clock in the morning he takes a look. If the peg is in place the door has not been opened. If it is found lying in the doorway, that means somebody has opened the door in the night. If he finds the placeis visited in the night he must then stay out and learn why and at what time and howoften. He now has the place “pegged” and plans accordingly or passes it up as tootough.”
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jack Black (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 364.1620924
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