Beggars of Life
Book description
Jim Tully left his hometown of St. Marys, Ohio, in 1901, spending most of his teenage years in the company of hoboes. Drifting across the country as a “road kid,” he spent those years scrambling into boxcars, sleeping in hobo jungles, avoiding railroad cops, begging meals from back doors, and…
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1 author picked Beggars of Life as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Tully was a best-selling author in the second and third decades of the twentieth century. Beggars of Life, his first book, is based on his experiences riding the freights as a young man. These are the kind of people I like to write about, though usually not as far down as Tully’s.
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