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100	1		_aHapgood, Hutchins, _d1869-1944
245	1	4	_aThe Autobiography of a Thief
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2014
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2014-03-18
508			_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)
520			_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.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aThieves
653			_aHapgood, Hutchins, 1869-1944
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45169
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