The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp, credited to William Henry Davies, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by William Henry Davies. Read in English by Expatriate 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. 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 concerted efforts of his wife Charlotte. Shaw was also instrumental in keeping the unusual title of the book, of which Davies himself was unsure, and which later proved to be controversial with some reviewers. The book was the third published by Davies, having been preceded by The Soul's Destroyer (1905) and New Poems (1907). The 1920 edition of the book concludes with five poems selected by Davies from The Soul's Destroyer. The book was written in the space of six weeks, "a great achievement for a first book by a man with the minimum of education." ( Wikipedia (edited by Expatriate))

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp
• Author credits: William Henry Davies
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 35
• Listed recording duration: 8:14:47

Catalogue topics

• bohemian life

Opening tracks: first 24 of 35

1. 00 - Preface by George Bernard Shaw — 15:14
2. 01 - I. Childhood — 15:47
3. 02 - II. Youth — 15:14
4. 03 - III. Manhood — 13:16
5. 04 - IV. Brum — 9:06
6. 05 - V. A Tramp's Summer Vacation — 9:20
7. 06 - VI. A Night's Ride — 14:23
8. 07 - VII. Law in America — 13:35
9. 08 - VIII. A Prisoner His Own Judge — 14:07
10. 09 - IX. Berry Picking — 13:14
11. 10 - X. The Cattleman's Office — 19:53
12. 11 - XI. A Strange Cattleman — 14:33
13. 12 - XII. Thieves — 8:40
14. 13 - XIII. The Canal — 9:57
15. 14 - XIV. The House-Boat — 16:54
16. 15 - XV. A Lynching — 12:01
17. 16 - XVI. The Camp — 13:25
18. 17 - XVII. Home — 15:26
19. 18 - XVIII. Off Again — 15:01
20. 19 - XIX. A Voice in the Dark — 18:58
21. 20 - XX. Hospitality — 7:25
22. 21 - XXI. London — 22:49
23. 22 - XXII. The Ark — 20:31
24. 23 - XXIII. Gridling — 21:30

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