The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (The life of William Henry Davies)
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The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (The life of William Henry Davies)

By W. H. Davies
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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (The life of William Henry Davies)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp is an autobiography first published in 1908 by the Welsh poet and writer W. H. Davies. A large part of the book's subject matter describes the way of life of the tramp in United Kingdom, Canada and the United States in the final decade of the 19th century. Table of Contents Childhood Youth Manhood Brum A Tramp's Summer Vacation A Night's Ride Law in America A Prisoner His Own Judge Berry Picking The Cattleman's Office A Strange Cattleman Thieves The Canal The House-boat A Lynching The Camp Home Off Again A Voice in the Dark Hospitality London The Ark Gridling On the Downright The Farmhouse Rain and Poverty False Hopes On Tramp Again A Day's Companion The Fortune Some Ways of Making a Living At Last Success A House to Let W. H. Davies (1871–1940) was a Welsh poet and writer. Davies spent a significant part of his life as a tramp or hobo, in the United Kingdom and United States, but became one of the most popular poets of his time. The principal themes in his work are the marvels of nature, observations about life's hardships, his own tramping adventures and the various characters he met.

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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length8 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 20, 2013
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Chapter 1: Childhood
18Chapter 18: Off Again
2Chapter 2: Youth
19Chapter 19: A Voice in the Dark
3Chapter 3: Manhood
20Chapter 20: Hospitality
4Chapter 4: Brum
21Chapter 21: London
5Chapter 5: A Tramp’s Summer Vacation
22Chapter 22: The Ark
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6Chapter 6: A Night’s Ride
23Chapter 23: Gridling
7Chapter 7: Law in America
24Chapter 24: On the Downright
8Chapter 8: A Prisoner His Own Judge
25Chapter 25: The Farmhouse
9Chapter 9: Berry Picking
26Chapter 26: Rain and Poverty
10Chapter 10: The Cattleman’s Office
27Chapter 27: False Hopes
11Chapter 11: A Strange Cattleman
28Chapter 28: On Tramp Again
12Chapter 12: Thieves
29Chapter 29: A Day’s Companion
13Chapter 13: The Canal
30Chapter 30: The Fortune
14Chapter 14: The House-boat
31Chapter 31: Some Ways of Making a Living
15Chapter 15: A Lynching
32Chapter 32: At Last
16Chapter 16: The Camp
33Chapter 33: Success
17Chapter 17: Home
34Chapter 34: A House to Let

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