The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp - With a preface by Bernard Shaw

The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp - With a preface by Bernard Shaw

The life of William Henry DaviesBy W. H. Davies, Bernard Shaw
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Length9h

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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp - With a preface by Bernard Shaw (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. When G. B. Shaw first read the Autobiography in manuscript, he was stunned by the raw power of its unvarnished narrative. It was his enthusiasm, expressed in the Preface, that ensured the initial success of a book now regarded as a classic. Table of Contents Preface 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. This carefully crafted ebook: "The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp - With a preface by Bernard Shaw (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.

Audiobook details

GenreBiography and Memoir, Literary Classics
Length9 hrs
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 20, 2013
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Preface
19Chapter 18: Off Again
2Chapter 1: Childhood
20Chapter 19: A Voice in the Dark
3Chapter 2: Youth
21Chapter 20: Hospitality
4Chapter 3: Manhood
22Chapter 21: London
5Chapter 4: Brum
23Chapter 22: The Ark
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6Chapter 5: A Tramp’s Summer Vacation
24Chapter 23: Gridling
7Chapter 6: A Night’s Ride
25Chapter 24: On the Downright
8Chapter 7: Law in America
26Chapter 25: The Farmhouse
9Chapter 8: A Prisoner His Own Judge
27Chapter 26: Rain and Poverty
10Chapter 9: Berry Picking
28Chapter 27: False Hopes
11Chapter 10: The Cattleman’s Office
29Chapter 28: On Tramp Again
12Chapter 11: A Strange Cattleman
30Chapter 29: A Day’s Companion
13Chapter 12: Thieves
31Chapter 30: The Fortune
14Chapter 13: The Canal
32Chapter 31: Some Ways of Making a Living
15Chapter 14: The House-boat
33Chapter 32: At Last
16Chapter 15: A Lynching
34Chapter 33: Success
17Chapter 16: The Camp
35Chapter 34: A House to Let
18Chapter 17: Home

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