Wh davies autobiography of a supertramp

1908 book by W. H. Davies

For the Supertramp album, see The Autobiography of Supertramp.

The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp is an autobiography published in 1908 by the Welsh poet and writer W.

H. Davies (1871–1940). A large part of the book's subject matter describes the way of life of the tramp in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States in the final decade of the 19th century.

Publication history

George Bernard Shaw had become interested in Davies, a literary unknown at the time, and had agreed to write a preface for the book, largely through the efforts of his wife Charlotte.

It was only because of Shaw that Davies' contract with the publishers was re-written to allow the author to retain the serial rights, all rights after three years, royalties of fifteen per cent of selling price and a non-returnable advance of £25 (equivalent to £3,297 in 2017).^[1] Davies was also to be given a say on the style of all illustr