The Lives And Extraordinary Adventures Of Fifteen Tramp Writers From The Golden Age Of Vagabondage

The Lives And Extraordinary Adventures Of Fifteen Tramp Writers From The Golden Age Of Vagabondage by Ian Cutler


Authors
Ian Cutler
ISBN
9781627310840
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
400
Dimensions
140 x 210mm

The combined events of the end of the American Civil War in 1865, the first transcontinental railroad opening in 1869, and the financial crash of 1873, found large numbers - including thousands of former soldiers well used to an outdoor life and tramping - thrown into a transient life and forced to roam the continent, surviving on whatever resources came to hand. For most, the life of the hobo was born out of necessity. For a few it became a lifestyle choice. Some of the latter group committed their adventures to print, both autobiographical and fictional, and together with their British and Irish counterparts, whose wanderlust was fuelled by an altogether different genesis, they account for the fifteen tramp writers whose stories and ideas are the subject of this book.
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