Poverty pawn shops and park benches
Explore the connection between poverty, pawn shops, and park benches in this insightful list of books and resources. Discover stories and studies on urban struggles and economic hardship.
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Down and Out in Paris and London
by George Orwell
The adventures of a broke British writer as he works as a dishwasher in Paris and stays in homeless shelters in London.
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The Complete History of Jack the Ripper
by Philip Sugden
Sugden offers the definitive account of history's most infamous murders and the legendary serial killer known only as "Jack the Ripper." of photos. Index.
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Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller
The account of a young writer and his friends in free-wheeling Paris.
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Tropic of Capricorn
by Henry Miller
A vicious social commentary of the times and culture of the 1920's New York City.
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Black Spring
by Henry Miller
Ten autobiographical pieces that take Miller from his childhood in Brooklyn to literary life in Paris.
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Hunger
by Knut Hamsun
A modern classic about a penniless, unemployed young writer, this powerful, autobiographical novel paints an unforgettable portrait of a man driven to the edge of …
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Ask the Dust
by John Fante
Ask the Dust is a virtuoso performance by an influential master of the twentieth-century American novel. It is the story of Arturo Bandini, a young …
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The Iron Heel
by Jack London
Part science fiction, part dystopian fantasy, part radical socialist tract, Jack London's The Iron Heel offers a grim depiction of warfare between the classes in …