Autobiography of a Super-Tramp Olm

by W.H. Davies, William H. Davis, George Bernard Shaw, et al.

Book Overview

A successful book in its time, now regarded as a classic, Autobiography of a Super-tramp relays the experiences of a young, destitute Welshman in America and Britain. The pen of W. H. Davies, vagabond... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192812939
• ISBN13: 9780192812933
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

great story!

nothing to say but simply brilliant! the world these days has lost so much influence, love, desire and intelligence for writing novels. today you have these horrible fairy tale books, the awfully ridiculous vampire-rant with the whole twilight series and biographies on barack obama. mr. davies' autobiography is one of the best pieces of literature i have ever read. a must read for into the wild fans or throeau fans as well.

A masterpiece

A timeless tale of a man who, by little fault of his own, finds the world has turned its back to him. The book is a true story, about the author's own struggle to exist, to exist and to write. A heart-warming account of how the penniless among society survive and sometime realize the dreams we all have within. A true starving artist. Davies really did starve for his art. He achieved an amazing feat by saved his meager pennies for long cruel and cold years and months. He lived homelessly or more properly `tramped about'. Davies realized his dream and paid for the self-publishing of his first set of poems. The preface by George Bernard Shaw after reading the works Davies sent him, recounted how Shaw found Davies living in a homeless shelter in London. Sadly this book is no longer in print but can likely be found in most libraries.