Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (The life of William Henry Davies)

This carefully crafted ebook: 'The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (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.Table of ContentsChildhoodYouthManhoodBrumA Tramp's Summer VacationA Night's RideLaw in AmericaA Prisoner His Own JudgeBerry PickingThe Cattleman's OfficeA Strange CattlemanThievesThe CanalThe House-boatA LynchingThe CampHomeOff AgainA Voice in the DarkHospitalityLondonThe ArkGridlingOn the DownrightThe FarmhouseRain and PovertyFalse HopesOn Tramp AgainA Day's CompanionThe FortuneSome Ways of Making a LivingAt LastSuccessA House to LetW. 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.