Tramping Like a Tramp
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Articles, Books, Video/Film
- October 1, 1895
Although based on Flynt's actual experiences, this piece was published in Harper's as fiction. It tells the story of ... - October 1, 1895
Half literary and half sociological, in this article Flynt describes the different ways in which men and boys enter ... - September 1, 1894
In this article, Flynt explorers how society at large can most effectively deal with tramps. First, he gives the ... - March 1, 1894
In this lengthy article, Flynt describes the diverse and varied ecology of tramping in urban areas. He explains that ... - February 1, 1894
In this account, Flynt describes in detail the week he spent tramping around upstate New York. While many of Flynt's ... - June 1, 1899
This article by Flynt concentrates on a tramp's primary means of transportation: the railroads. Flynt gives an ... - November 1, 1893
In this article, Josiah Flynt compares and contrasts the tramp culture's different regions of North America: "the ... - January 7, 1900
In this special report to the Los Angeles Times, Flynt reveals different strategies tramps employ while begging for ... - February 11, 1900
Josiah Flynt analyzes a certain strata of hobo society that is called "Gay Cats," which he describes as young men ... - 1902
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- June 15, 1899
Flynt writes about the "railroad life" led by tramps and robbers. He points out that this is a uniquely American ... - March 9, 1899
Here, Flynt talks about the large number of adolescent boys that adopt tramp-life. - April 1, 1895
Flynt writes about the hierarchy and structure within the homeless or "tramp" community in the late nineteenth ... - October 1, 1893
Josiah Flynt explores the life of a German tramp. - January 1, 1981
As a senior at Amherst college, Conover rode freight trains in the guise of a tramp for his senior thesis in ... - 1984
- January 1, 1981
As a senior at Amherst college, Conover rode freight trains in the guise of a tramp for his senior thesis in ... - 1982
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