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Saints and Lodgers
This is a selection of poetry by William Henry Davies about his return to his native south wales and people that live there.
Foliage
William Henry Davies or W. H. Davies (1871-1940), was a Welsh poet and writer. He spent a significant part of his life as a tramp or vagabond in the United States and United Kingdom, but became known as one of the most popular poets of his time. As a young man Davies became an apprentice to a picture-framer in his home town, but never settled into regular work in this craft. He was a difficult and somewhat delinquent young man, and made repeated requests to his grandmother to lend him the money to sail to America. When these were all refused, he eventually took casual work and started to travel. The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (1908) covers his life until that point in time including many adventures and characters in the USA (1893-99), where he lived as a tramp. During this period he crosssed the Atlantic several times working on cattle ships. The 1970's pop group "Supertramp" took its name from this book. Amongst his other works are: Soul's Destroyer (1905), A Weak Woman (1911), Foliage (1913) and Forty New Poems (1918).
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp
What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?' (LEISURE BY W.H. DAVIES) Loneliness and criminality determined William Henry Davies’ childhood and teenage-years. At the age of 22 he decided to leave Wales for America to chance his luck abroad. But getting there was not as easy as expected. At that point in time, he became a tramp. In his best-known work THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP, Davies tells the story of his lifetime. He explains in a very intimate and touching way what it is like to grow up in Great Britain at the end of the 19th century. Furthermore, he describes how he felt during his vagabond life and what made him settle back in the UK. After all, Davies develops into the most popular poet of his time.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp is an autobiography first published in 1908 by the Welsh poet and writer W. H. Davies. A large part of the book's subject matter describes the way of life of the tramp in United Kingdom, Canada and the United States in the final decade of the 19th century. When G. B. Shaw first read the Autobiography in manuscript, he was stunned by the raw power of its unvarnished narrative. It was his enthusiasm, expressed in the Preface, that ensured the initial success of a book now regarded as a classic. Table of Contents Preface Childhood Youth Manhood Brum A Tramp's Summer Vacation A Night's Ride Law in America A Prisoner His Own Judge Berry Picking The Cattleman's O...
The Poems of W. H. Davies
"The present volume contains the whole of Collected Poems, 1928, and also all the subsequent poems which Mr. Davies has published, in Ambition (1929), Poems, 1930-31 (1932), My Birds (1933) and My Garden (1933). It is therefore a complete collection of his poetry up to the present day." --Publisher's note, page 5.
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp
In this gripping work, W.H. Davies wrote of the five years he spent as a wanderer roaming across the US, Canada, and England. He told how he never bought a ticket but traveled by train, riverboat, and foot. Davies lived by begging, hawking, harvesting crops, tending cattle, and more. The book uncovers his love for reading and writing, particularly poetry. A hard but free life is depicted by him in this work that is fun to read about.
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (The life of William Henry Davies)
This carefully crafted ebook: “The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (The life of William Henry Davies)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp is an autobiography first published in 1908 by the Welsh poet and writer W. H. Davies. A large part of the book's subject matter describes the way of life of the tramp in United Kingdom, Canada and the United States in the final decade of the 19th century. Table of Contents Childhood Youth Manhood Brum A Tramp’s Summer Vacation A Night’s Ride Law in America A Prisoner His Own Judge Berry Picking The Cattleman’s Office A Strange Cattleman Thieves The Canal The House-boa...
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (The life of William Henry Davies)
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (The life of William Henry Davies)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp is an autobiography first published in 1908 by the Welsh poet and writer W. H. Davies. A large part of the book's subject matter describes the way of life of the tramp in United Kingdom, Canada and the United States in the final decade of the 19th century. Table of Contents Childhood Youth Manhood Brum A Tramp's Summer Vacation A Night's Ride Law in America A Prisoner His Own Judge Berry Picking The Cattleman's Office A Strange Cattleman Thieves The Canal The House-boat A Lynchi...
