Project Gutenberg 2018-01-27 Public domain in the USA. 154 Scott, Wellington Hough, Lynn Harold 1877 1971 16007247 Seventeen Years in the Underworld 17 Years in the Underworld Produced by MFR, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Seventeen Years in the Underworld" by Wellington Scott is a personal narrative and autobiographical account written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the author’s tumultuous journey through crime, incarceration, and eventual redemption, providing an insight into the life of those who dwell in the underworld of society. The author recounts his early life, the descent into criminal activities, and the challenges encountered in reform schools and prisons, ultimately offering a perspective on the underlying issues of crime and rehabilitation. At the start of the narrative, Wellington Scott reflects on his childhood marked by a loving yet financially modest family background. After experiencing the loss of his mother and the burden of family caregiving, he struggles with feelings of isolation and a vision impairment that further alienates him from his peers. This discomfort leads him to seek solace in a nearby pool room, where he finds companionship among other boys, but it also introduces him to the seductive allure of gambling and petty crime. The opening chapters lay the groundwork for his gradual descent into a life of crime, detailing the experiences and environmental influences that shape his path toward imprisonment and reform, while foreshadowing the ongoing struggle between morality and the temptations of the underworld. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Prisons Criminals Crime HV Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Biographies Category: American Literature 147672 2025-06-22T12:53:34.480404 text/html 146318 2018-01-27T11:24:38 text/html 187027 2025-06-22T12:53:38.167333 application/epub+zip 186048 2025-06-22T12:53:35.080351 application/epub+zip 140774 2025-06-22T12:53:34.760355 application/epub+zip 224713 2025-06-22T12:53:40.658333 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 196158 2025-06-22T12:53:37.842367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 155803 2022-08-25T12:04:18.276989 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127252 2025-06-22T12:53:34.216365 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 127464 2018-01-27T11:24:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19577 2025-06-22T12:53:40.812322 application/rdf+xml 11088 2025-06-22T12:53:34.852394 image/jpeg 1706 2025-06-22T12:53:34.805388 image/jpeg 48590 2018-01-27T11:24:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 146258 2018-01-27T11:24:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 171001 2025-06-22T12:53:34.501387 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia