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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.