Jack Black

Jack Black (1871-1932) was a hobo and professional burglar. Born in 1871 in New Westminster, British Columbia, [1] he was raised from infancy in the U.S. state of Missouri in the town of Maysville and eventually Kansas City. He wrote You Can't Win (Macmillan, 1926), a memoir or sketched autobiography describing his days on the road and life as an outlaw. Black's book was written as an anti-crime book urging criminals...