The People of the Abyss: Illustrated with Pictures of the

The People of the Abyss: Illustrated with Pictures of the Period

The experiences related in this volume fell to me in the summer of 1902.Â I went down into the under-world of London with an attitude of mind, which I may best liken to that of the explorer.Â I was open to be convinced by the evidence of my eyes, rather than by the teachings of those who had not seen, or by the words of those who had seen and gone before.Â Further, I took with me certain simple criteria with which to measure the life of the under-world.Â That which made for more life, for physical and spiritual health, was good; that which made for less life, which hurt, and dwarfed, and distorted life, was bad. It will be readily apparent to the reader that I saw much that was bad.Â Yet it must not be forgotten that the time of which I write was considered â€œgood timesâ€ in England.Â The starvation and lack of shelter I encountered constituted a chronic condition of misery, which is never wiped out, even in the periods of greatest prosperity. Following the summer in question came a hard winter.Â Great numbers of the unemployed formed into processions, as many as a dozen at a time, and daily marched through the streets of London crying for bread.Â Mr. Justin McCarthy, writing in the month of January 1903, to the New York Independent, briefly epitomises the situation as follows:- â€œThe workhouses have no space left in which to pack the starving crowds who are craving every day and night at their doors for food and shelter.Â All the charitable institutions have exhausted their means in trying to raise supplies of food for the famishing residents of the garrets and cellars of London lanes and alleys.Â The quarters of the Salvation Army in various parts of London are nightly besieged by hosts of the unemployed and the hungry for whom neither shelter nor the means of sustenance can be provided.â€ This book is fully illustrated with many pictures of the period.

Country	USA
Author	Jack London
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781482646092
ISBN	1482646099
Label	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
MPN	black & white illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	130
PartNumber	black & white illustrations
PublicationDate	2013-02-26
Publisher	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Studio	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The People of the Abyss: Illustrated with Pictures of the Period

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