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“A young poet tramped across America, crossed and re-crossed the Atlantic as a cattleman, begged and peddled in England, developing meanwhile in the power to write with rare perception and beauty.”
— A.L.A. Catalog 1926
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Biography, English Poets, Poets, English, Tramps, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary, Poets, biography, Davies, william henry, 1871-1940, Welsh Poets, Authors, welsh, Supertramp, Vagabond, Davies, American AdventurePeople
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Table of Contents
Foreword i
Preface xi
Chapter I.
Childhood
Page 1
Chapter II:.
Youth
Page 11
Chapter III:.
Manhood
Page 21
Chapter IV:.
Brum
Page 29
Chapter V:.
A Tramp's Summer Vacation
Page 35
Chapter VI:.
A Night's Ride
Page 41
Chapter VII.:.
Law in America
Page 50
Chapter VIII:.
A Prisoner His Own Judge
Page 59
Chapter IX:.
Berry Picking
Page 68
Chapter X:.
The Cattleman's Office
Page 77
Chapter XI:.
A Strange Cattleman
Page 90
Chapter XII:.
Thieves
Page 99
Chapter XIII:.
The Canal
Page 105
Chapter XIV:.
The House-Boat
Page 111
Chapter XV:.
A Lynching
Page 122
Chapter XVI:.
The Camp
Page 130
Chapter XVII:.
Home
Page 139
Chapter XVIII:.
Off Again
Page 149
Chapter XX:.
Hospitality
Page 170
Chapter XXI:.
London
Page 175
Chapter XXII:.
The Ark
Page 190
Chapter XXIII:.
Grid Ling
Page 203
Chapter XXIV:.
On The Downright
Page 217
Chapter XXV:.
The Farmhouse
Page 228
Chapter XXVI:.
Rain and Poverty
Page 239
Chapter XXVII:.
False Hopes
Page 246
Chapter XXVIII:.
On Tramp Again
Page 254
Chapter XXIX:.
A Day's Companion
Page 266
Chapter XXX:.
The Fortune
Page 272
Chapter XXXI:.
Some Ways of Making a Living
Page 279
Chapter XXXII:.
At Last
Page 285
Chapter XXXIII:.
Success
Page 296
Chapter XXXIV.
A House to Let
Page 304
Recommended Reading.
Page 311
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