Beggars of Life

Author: Jim Tully
Edition: 1st
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1902593782

Beggars of Life: A Hobo Autobiography

A bestseller in 1924, this vivid piece of outlaw history has inexplicably faded from the public consciousness. Get Beggars of Life literature books for free.
Jim Tully takes us across the seamy underbelly of pre-WWI America on freight trains, and inside hobo jungles and brothels while narrowly averting railroad bulls (cops) and wardens of order.Written with unflinching honesty and insight, Beggars of Life follows Tully from his first ride at age thirteen, choosing life on the road over a deadening job, through his teenage years of learning the ropes of the rails and -living one meal to the next.Tully's direct, confrontational approach helped shape the hard-boiled school of writing, and later immeasurably influenced the noir genre. Beggars of Life was the first in Tully' Check Beggars of Life our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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