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
139. Mortality statistics for Hobohemia for 1922,
non-resident cases.
147. Communication of Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, commissioner
of public health, concerning the health and medical care of
the homeless man in Chicago.
CHAPTER X. SEX LIFE
51. Middle-aged woman, character on West Madison Street,
feeds cats, scolds everyone.
52. Street faker, aspires to be actor, jail experience,
free-union experience.
53. Boy tramp, going West, travels without difficulty but is
often accosted by perverts.
54. Homosexual case, boy involved, man died in jail while
awaiting trial.
55. Bum who works on docks and boats, involved in boy case,
Bridewell for term.
81. Four boys in Grant Park, each with jail and tramp
experience.
82. Case of boy in teens, tramp, “flirting” with men in
Grant Park.
87. _Cases of Venereal Disease Due to Homosexual
Infection_, Dr. Ben L. Reitman.
110. Boy tramp, nineteen, exploited by perverts, decidedly
feeble-minded, on way home (Indiana).
120. Young man, twenty-two, well dressed, homosexual
prostitute, loafs in Grant Park.
125. Observations upon the unnatural attachments of some
homeless men and boys.
141. Wife deserter, left home to enable her to divorce him.
142. Statistics showing marital condition of homeless men.
153. _The Sexual Life of Habitual Wanderers_, J. L.
Handelman, August 22, 1919.
CHAPTER XI. CITIZENSHIP
56. Case of a transient voter showing difficulty hobo has of
voting.
57. Hobo’s affair with police in Kansas, hobo bitter against
police.
58. University of Iowa student and police, fair observer,
has been hobo, letter to writer.
59. Recital of hobo and private police in Ohio, narrator has
settled in Chicago.
80. Report of visit to police court, hobos tried at rate of
one a minute, August 28, 1922.
85. _Report of Two Weeks’ Commitment to the Cook County
Jail_, Nels Anderson, May, 1922.
149. Case of police persecution.
162. Newspaper clippings on the death of Martin Talbert in a
Florida convict camp.
CHAPTER XII. HOBOHEMIAN PERSONALITIES
22. Marxian socialist, soap-boxer, dogmatic and undiplomatic,
would educate “slaves.”
25. Dreamer, poet, migrant, critic, very changeable, good
family, single, ex-soldier.
75. Pamphlet on Mike Walsh published by himself, states his
policies and achievements.
126. Character sketch of J. E. How, “Millionaire Hobo,”
also correspondence with Nels Anderson.
CHAPTER XIII. THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE HOBO
23. Tries to write saleable songs and novels, sober but
gambles, single.
116. Leader in hobo organization, writes for _Hobo News_,
carries I.W.W. card.
119. Hobo philosopher, carries bundle, sells pamphlets about
self, sleeps in parks.
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