Bart Kennedy

eBook, ePUB

A Tramp's Philosophy (eBook, ePUB)

The Rediscovered Classic of Sagacious Twaddle, and Occasional Insight by One with Erudition and Experience in Peregrination

Beschreibung

Bart Kennedy, the British "tramp" who captivated readers in the early 20th century with his tales of itinerant adventures, wrote over twenty books chronicling the details of these travels. A Tramp's Philosophy was published in 1908, and is a compendium of reflections, musings, and occasionally harsh commentary on the state of the world at that time. Mr. Kennedy's experiences as an "anti-labor traveller" give an unusual perspective of the politics and social concerns of the 1900s. Feral House is delighted to make available this most rare and sought-after of Bart Kennedy's works.

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Autor

Kennedy (1861-1930) was born in Leeds to Irish parents. From the age of 6 until about the age of 20 he worked in cotton mills and machine shops in Manchester, England. At age 20 he left England, working as a deckhand on a cargo ship which landed him in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Illiterate and with no money or formal training, he used the force of his strength (and fist) to "tramp" his way westward across North America. He worked at various laboring jobs including as an oysterman on a skipjack on the Chesapeake Bay; a miner in New York; building railroad sheds in the Canadian Rockies; and panning for gold in the Klondike.He eventually ended up in California where he had various jobs in the theater, including as a singer and actor, before returning to England where he married in 1897.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Feral House
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781627311038
• Artikelnr.: 58976330