{"product_id":"9781902593784","title":"Beggars of Life: A Hobo Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bestseller in 1924, this vivid piece of outlaw history has inexplicably faded from the public consciousness. Jim Tully takes us across the seamy underbelly of pre-WWI America on freight trains, and inside hobo jungles and brothels while narrowly averting railroad bulls (cops) and wardens of order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with unflinching honesty and insight, \u003ci\u003eBeggars of Life\u003c\/i\u003e follows Tully from his first ride at age thirteen, choosing life on the road over a deadening job, through his teenage years of learning the ropes of the rails and -living one meal to the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTully’s direct, confrontational approach helped shape the hard-boiled school of writing, and later immeasurably influenced the noir genre. \u003ci\u003eBeggars of Life\u003c\/i\u003e was the first in Tully’s five-volume memoir, dubbed the \"Underworld Edition,\" recalling his transformation from road-kid to novelist, journalist, Hollywood columnist, chain maker, boxer, circus handyman, and tree surgeon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJim Tully \u003c\/b\u003e (1891–1947) was a best-selling novelist and popular Hollywood journalist in the 1920s and ’30s. Known as \"Cincinnati Red\" during his years as a road-kid, he counted prizefighter and publicist of Charlie Chaplin among his many jobs. He is considered (with Dashiel Hammett) one of the inventors of the hard-boiled style of American writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn Oakland, California on March 24, 2015 a fire destroyed the AK Press warehouse along with several other businesses. Please consider visiting the AK Press website to learn more about the fundraiser to help them and their neighbors.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AK Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052372902128,"sku":"9781902593784","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781902593784_p0.jpg?v=1763612298","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781902593784","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}