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RE: What I Learned from Living on the Street for 5 Days
I don't know about Jack London, but I know that many other people have done similar things. It was a life-changing experience for me and I recommend everybody to consider trying it as well.
Yes. Jack London lived for a time as a hobo, hopping trains across the country. He was a socialist and quite active politically. He even spent some time in the county jail where I live (Buffalo,NY), arrested for vagrancy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_(London_book)
I also was homeless living out of and traveling in my car when I was in my twenties. I can't say I really knew what it was like to have nothing and be impoverished because I knew I could always call someone for help if it got bad enough. There are people born into homeless families. They have it much worse than I ever did. I mean at least I had a car even if I preferred sleeping under a bridge.
Thank you for sharing.
that's it, thank-you. Yes, and always for London, i remember being it a classic read. However, that link goes to a different book. London's book is 'The People of the Abyss'
Oh OK. I was just trying to find something confirming he was arrested in Erie County. I haven't read either of these.