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
45. One-time harvest hand, seldom leaves Chicago, peddles
trinkets, gambles.
46. Romantic tramp, revels in wandering, carries tiny
camera, seeks notice, does not work.
86. Recital of experiences of boy tramp, now a doctor in
Chicago.
91. Russian, able-bodied hobo, about thirty-five, clean,
sober, works in and near Chicago.
92. Boy, eighteen, on way home (Indiana) from winter in
West, plans to leave tramp life.
100. Congenial, irresponsible man of twenty-five, sober,
clean, very transient, works as porter.
109. Runaway boy from Hammond, Indiana, sixteen, in
Hobohemia looking for work, very worldly wise.
CHAPTER VII. THE HOME GUARD AND THE BUM
47. City bum, twenty-three, in missions when broke, works
as teamster, “got” religion once.
48. Wife deserter, drinks, loiters on “stem,” odd jobs,
formerly pig killer.
49. Ex-pugilist, single, forty-five, now mission “stiff,”
works on clocks in summer, alcoholic.
50. Health ruined by drink, thirty-two, light jobs, baker,
farms in summer, Chicago much of time.
72. Crippled in industrial accident, sixty-two, family
grown, would care for him, drinks.
78. Classification of types of homeless men submitted by Mr.
Wirth of Jewish charities.
127. Classification of tramps, hobos, and other types of
homeless men by Dr. Ben L. Reitman.
CHAPTER VIII. WORK
73. Pioneer type, fifty, seldom comes East, miner,
prospector, lumber jack.
77. Man forced to be idle by hard times, learned to get
along, later refused work.
83. Old man, fifty, single, winters in Chicago, farm jobs
in summer, drinks some.
93. Laborer, migrant, forty-four, becoming radical on
account of work shortage, had some money.
94. Ex-soldier, twenty-seven, without funds but hopeful,
hustling worker.
96. Boy tramp, twenty, reformatory record, traveled much in
three years.
114. Brought cattle from Wyoming to Chicago, lost all with
women and drink, still happy.
134. _Study of Employment Agencies and Labor Placement
Problems_, E. H. Koster, August, 1922.
158. _The Unemployed and the Unemployable in Chicago_,
Rupert R. Lewis, December, 1917.
160. Statistics of the Chicago Free Employment offices for
the year ending September 30, 1922.
CHAPTER IX. HEALTH
106. Ex-soldier, released from army hospital, gets
compensation, drinks much.
107. Italian bricklayer, rheumatism, gets aid from union,
family in Italy, sons in war.
108. Mental case, talks to self, attracts much attention on
street, loud and vulgar.
117. Teamster, thirty-six, raised in slum, unemployable with
locomotor ataxia, peddles pencils.
121. Chicago boy, does not go home, needs medical attention
for feet and eyes, gambles.
122. Boy tramp, great wanderer, homosexual, intelligent, two
years on road.
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