Description

It is recommended the reader drink moonshine before reading this hardnosed edition of A No. 1's hobo story cycle, which presents cautionary tales of clueless youth corrupted by the road. Lessons covered include "do unto others before they do unto you" and the difference between yeggars (who steal and rob) and plingers (a begging class). As is the case with all A. No. 1 books, the hobo stories are richly illustrated with beautiful early American prints and cartoons. First published in 1913.

About the author(s)

Leon Ray Livingston (1872–1944) — better known as A-No. 1, the "King of the Hoboes" — spent his life riding freight trains and writing about it, producing roughly a dozen books on tramp culture, the road, and the hobo sign language.