The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless ManAnderson, Nels
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The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man
Anderson, Nels
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions; Tramps
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Name | Issued | Where | No. Each | Language
| | Published | Issue |
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_Industrial | | | |
Solidarity_ | Weekly | Chicago | 12,000 | English
_Industrial | | | |
Worker_ | Weekly | Seattle | 10,000 | English
_Industrial | | | |
Unionist_ | Bi-weekly | New York | (?) | English
_Golos Truzenika_ | Bi-weekly | Chicago | 3,000 | Russian
_A Felszabadulas_ | Weekly | Chicago | 5,000 | Hungarian
_Il Proletario_ | Weekly | Chicago | 6,000 | Italian
_Solidaridad_ | Weekly | Chicago | 5,500 | Spanish
_Rahotnicheska | | | |
Mysl_ | Weekly | Chicago | 2,800 | Bulgarian
_Muncitorul_ | Bi-weekly | Chicago | 4,200 | Roumanian
_Jedna Velka Unie_| Monthly | Chicago | 2,700 |Czecho-Slovak
_Tie Vapauteen_ | Monthly | Chicago | 7,000 | Finnish
_Industrialisti_ | Daily | Duluth | 16,000 | Finnish
_Snaga Radnika_ | Bi-weekly | Duluth | 3,500 | Croatian
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“Wobbly” papers are extensively used as lesson sheets. _Solidarity_
has one long article of this character which is an analysis
and criticism of craft unionism. Finally, there are several
communications from members on the road and four or five
editorials on questions of the day.
The _Solidarity_ is only one of a number of I.W.W. publications,
but the most important as far as the hobos are concerned. The
organization maintains a publishing company of its own, the Equity
Press, which is situated at the I.W.W. headquarters in Chicago.
THE “HOBO NEWS”
The _Hobo News_, published in St. Louis, contains sixteen pages and
carries no advertising. It is published monthly and sells for ten
cents. It is distributed, like _Solidarity_, by bundle orders or
subscription.
The July, 1922, issue of the _Hobo News_ has the following contents:
An article by Laura Irwin entitled, “Half Dead (Unnecessary
Movement a Crime).” It laments the fact that more care
is given to machines and animals than to men by the big
interests. Another article is a reprint entitled, “Hobos
in Missouri.” It is a description of life on the road.
Daniel Horsley, a Chicagoan, has an article on “Hobo Life
and Death: Something to Think About.” It is a discussion
of the struggle for existence. There is also a short story
entitled “Callahans’s Castle” depicting jungle pastimes.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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