Category: History - American

Tramping with Tramps: Studies and Sketches of Vagabond Life

PAGE I. THE CRIMINAL IN THE OPEN 1 II. THE CHILDREN OF THE ROAD 28 III. CLUB LIFE AMONG OUTCASTS 67 IV. THE AMERICAN TRAMP CONSIDERED GEOGRAPHICALLY 91 V. THE CITY TRAMP 113 VI. WHAT THE TRAMP EATS AND WEARS 137

Chapters

5. PART I

PAGE I. THE CRIMINAL IN THE OPEN 1 II. THE CHILDREN OF THE ROAD 28 III. CLUB LIFE AMONG OUTCASTS 67 IV. THE AMERICAN TRAMP CONSIDERED GEOGRAPHICALLY 91 V. THE CITY TRAMP 113 VI....

6. PART II

PAGE I. LIFE AMONG GERMAN TRAMPS 169 II. WITH THE RUSSIAN GORIOUNS 200 III. TWO TRAMPS IN ENGLAND 229 IV. THE TRAMP AT HOME 267 V. THE TRAMP AND THE RAILROADS 291

7. PART III

On the southern outskirts of the city of Boston, hidden away in a field, and reached by streets that gradually degenerated into straggling lanes, stood until a few years ago an...

8. lid. He reasoned that that ought to mean fifty pounds more, and if three

hundred "punds' couldn't budge the thing, then something was going to happen. He kicked and kicked. The lid squeaked a good deal, but was as stubborn as ever. Then you should ha...

9. PART IV--THE TRAMP'S JARGON

Almost the first thing that one remarks on getting acquainted with tramps is their peculiar language. In every country where they live they have dialects of their own choosing a...

4. PART IV--THE TRAMP'S JARGON

JOSIAH FLYNT, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, AUGUST 8, 1897 _Frontispiece_ DISCOURAGED CRIMINALS 15 THE MODE OF TRAVEL THAT ATTRACTS BOYS 35 YOUTHFUL TRESPASSERS 51 TELLING "GHOST-STOR...

1. PART I--STUDIES

PAGE I. THE CRIMINAL IN THE OPEN 1 II. THE CHILDREN OF THE ROAD 28 III. CLUB LIFE AMONG OUTCASTS 67 IV. THE AMERICAN TRAMP CONSIDERED GEOGRAPHICALLY 91 V. THE CITY TRAMP 113 VI....

2. PART II--TRAVELS

I. LIFE AMONG GERMAN TRAMPS 169 II. WITH THE RUSSIAN GORIOUNS 200 III. TWO TRAMPS IN ENGLAND 229 IV. THE TRAMP AT HOME 267 V. THE TRAMP AND THE RAILROADS 291

3. PART III--SKETCHES