{"product_id":"9781409152514","title":"I Was Looking For a Street","description":"Author: Charles Willeford\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781409152514\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Dec 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Was Looking For a Street\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Charles Willeford's childhood and adolescence as, orphaned, he moved from railroad yard to hobo tent city to soup kitchen and desert around Los Angeles, and across the United States. The tale is at once a picaresque adventure through Depression-era America and a portrait of the writer as a young man of apparently little promise but great spirit.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten late in Willeford's career, this memoir is the work of a writer at the height of his powers, looking back without nostalgia or regret, and preserving in his clear and forceful prose the great American adventure of his youth.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919341699230,"sku":"ING-9781409152514","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781409152514.jpg?v=1782810666","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781409152514","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}