search for books and compare prices
By
Bernard Shaw (foreword by) and
W. H. Davies
Price
Store
Arrives
Preparing
Shipping
Jump quickly to results on these stores:
The price is the lowest for any condition, which may be new or used; other conditions may also be available.
Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Melville Pub House
Publication date
November 8, 2011
Pages
253
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781612190228
ISBN-10
1612190227
Dimensions
0.75 by 4.75 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Original list price
$15.00
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Road | Beggars of Life | Education of a Wandering Man | Walden or Life in the Woods and "Civil Disobedience" | Rolling Nowhere
The Road | Beggars of Life | Education of a Wandering Man | Walden or Life in the Woods and "Civil Disobedience" | Rolling Nowhere
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A vagrant de Tocqueville gives an eloquent, dry-eyed report of his tramping adventures in the violent underworld of late 19th century America and Britain
An untutored Welsh tramp who became a popular poet acclaimed by the conservative Georgians and the vanguard Ezra Pound alike, W. H. Davies surprised his contemporaries with the unlikeliest portrait of the artist as a young man ever written.
After a delinquent childhood Davies renounced home and apprenticeship and at twenty-two sailed to Americaâthe first of more than a dozen Atlantic crossings, often made by cattle boat. From 1893 to 1899 he was schooled by the hard men of the road, disdaining regular work and subsisting by begging. Crossing Canada to join the âKlondykeâ gold rush, Davies fell while hopping a train. His foot was crushed and his leg amputated. âAll the wildness had been taken out of me,â Davies wrote, âand my adventures after this were not of my own seeking.â
Praised by Osbert Sitwell for his âprimitive splendour and directness,â Davies evokes the beauty and frontier violence of turn-of-the-century America in prose that George Bernard Shaw commended to âliterary experts for its style alone.â The insurgent wanderlust that found an American voice in Jack London and Jack Kerouac is expressed here in a raucous true adventure story by the man Shaw called âthe incorrigible Supertramp who wrote this amazing book.â
An untutored Welsh tramp who became a popular poet acclaimed by the conservative Georgians and the vanguard Ezra Pound alike, W. H. Davies surprised his contemporaries with the unlikeliest portrait of the artist as a young man ever written.
After a delinquent childhood Davies renounced home and apprenticeship and at twenty-two sailed to Americaâthe first of more than a dozen Atlantic crossings, often made by cattle boat. From 1893 to 1899 he was schooled by the hard men of the road, disdaining regular work and subsisting by begging. Crossing Canada to join the âKlondykeâ gold rush, Davies fell while hopping a train. His foot was crushed and his leg amputated. âAll the wildness had been taken out of me,â Davies wrote, âand my adventures after this were not of my own seeking.â
Praised by Osbert Sitwell for his âprimitive splendour and directness,â Davies evokes the beauty and frontier violence of turn-of-the-century America in prose that George Bernard Shaw commended to âliterary experts for its style alone.â The insurgent wanderlust that found an American voice in Jack London and Jack Kerouac is expressed here in a raucous true adventure story by the man Shaw called âthe incorrigible Supertramp who wrote this amazing book.â
Editions
Hardcover
from North Books (January 7, 2004)
9781582873022 | details & prices | 9.00 × 5.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $25.00
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
Large print edition from North Books (January 7, 2004)
9781582877976 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $26.00
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
Paperback
With Trevor Fishlock (other contributor) |
from Parthian Books (August 1, 2013)
9781908946072 | details & prices | 299 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $13.99
The price comparison is for this edition
With Bernard Shaw (other contributor) |
from Melville Pub House (November 8, 2011)
9781612190228 | details & prices | 253 pages | 4.75 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $15.00
About: A vagrant de Tocqueville gives an eloquent, dry-eyed report of his tramping adventures in the violent underworld of late 19th century America and BritainAn untutored Welsh tramp who became a popular poet acclaimed by the conservative Georgians and the vanguard Ezra Pound alike, W.
About: A vagrant de Tocqueville gives an eloquent, dry-eyed report of his tramping adventures in the violent underworld of late 19th century America and BritainAn untutored Welsh tramp who became a popular poet acclaimed by the conservative Georgians and the vanguard Ezra Pound alike, W.
With Bernard Shaw (other contributor), Barbara Hooper (other contributor) |
from Amberley Pub Plc (November 19, 2010)
9781848689800 | details & prices | 192 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $24.95
from Lightning Source Inc (June 30, 2008); titled "The Autobiography of a Super-tramp."
9781409784869 | details & prices | 308 pages | List price $29.95
About: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.
About: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.
Pricing is shown for items sent to or within the U.S., excluding shipping and tax. Please consult the store to determine exact fees. No warranties are made express or implied about the accuracy, timeliness, merit, or value of the information provided. Information subject to change without notice. isbn.nu is not a bookseller, just an information source.