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Autobiography of a Super Tramp

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A timeless tale of a man who, by little fault of his own, finds the world has turned its back to him. The book is a true story, about the author's own struggle to exist, to exist and to write. A heart-warming account of how the penniless among society survive and sometime realize the dreams we all have within.
A true starving artist. Davies really did starve for his art. He achieved an amazing feat by saved his meager pennies for long cruel and cold years and months. He lived homelessly or more properly `tramped about'. Davies realized his dream and paid for the self-publishing of his first set of poems.
The preface by George Bernard Shaw after reading the works Davies sent him, recounted how Shaw found Davies living in a homeless shelter in London.
Sadly this book is no longer in print but can likely be found in most libraries.

There is something so charming about this book. I really felt for the author and looked forward to him succeeding. I looked online to read about the rest of the author's life, and I was so happy to see that it ended well. The reader will be able to see that the author of this autobiography is very smart and funny, yet he makes such wacky decisions. He definitely lived his life to the fullest, and his feelings of joy about the world will rub off on you. This book is also an intriguing look into the past. You will learn all about the way people lived and the strange jobs people had many years ago. This book is written in a different writing style than modern readers are used to, but the chapters are so short, and the author so charming that you will definitely enjoy reading this.

nothing to say but simply brilliant! the world these days has lost so much influence, love, desire and intelligence for writing novels. today you have these horrible fairy tale books, the awfully ridiculous vampire-rant with the whole twilight series and biographies on barack obama. mr. davies' autobiography is one of the best pieces of literature i have ever read. a must read for into the wild fans or throeau fans as well.

I HAVE THE IS PRINTED MAR 1950 BETTER PAPER COVER THAT THE LISTING 1948