02178cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000340012624500330016026400510019330000470024433600260029133700260031733800360034350000310037950801880041052011040059853400450170265300120174765300330175985600430179299900170183545169UtSlPG20260610134033.0mcr n260607r2014||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a03013389  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aHV1 aHapgood, Hutchins,d1869-194414aThe Autobiography of a Thief 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2014  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2014-03-18  aProduced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive)  a"The Autobiography of a Thief" by Hutchins Hapgood is a semi-autobiographical account composed in the early 20th century. This work encapsulates the gritty reality of a life of crime through the eyes of its main character, Jim, an ex-thief who reflects on his past of pickpocketing and burglaries, explaining the circumstances that led him into a life of crime and his subsequent quest for redemption.  At the start of the narrative, Jim introduces himself as a seasoned thief, recounting his boyhood in New York City wherein he was drawn into a life of crime due to poverty and the allure of the underworld. He describes his initial thefts as a young child under the influence of older boys and how, through various escapades, he developed into a clever pickpocket. The opening portion also hints at the internal conflicts he faces as he recognizes the futility of his choices and experiences the consequences of his criminal lifestyle, setting the stage for a story of self-discovery and the moral dilemmas faced by those caught in the cycle of crime. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aThieves  aHapgood, Hutchins, 1869-194440uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45169  c86008d86008