This road novel 50 years before Kerouac, traces the odyssey of Billy and Saxon Roberts from the labour strife of Oakland at the turn of the century through Cent... » 

This road novel 50 years before Kerouac, traces the odyssey of Billy and Saxon Roberts from the labour strife of Oakland at the turn of the century through Central and Northern California in search of land they can farm independently - a journey that echoes Jack London's own escape from poverty. «