The Trail of the Tramp: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Trail of the Tramp, credited to Leon Ray Livingston, 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 Trail of the Tramp by Leon Ray Livingston. Read in English by Kristin Lewis; Debbie R. Baker Robinson; April6090; Diana Schmidt This book, written by the famous hobo and author, Leon Ray Livingston aka A-No. 1, is built on his own experiences on the road. The first chapter of the book sets up a framing narrative, where Canada Joe promises to tell a story which is not "the same, old, time-worn tales of how slick hoboes beat trains, nor fabled romance concerning harmless wanderlusters, nor jokes at the expense of the poor but honest man in search of legitimate employment, but I shall relate to you a rarely strange story that will stir your hearts to their innermost depths and will cause you to shudder at the villainy of certain human beings, who, like vultures seeking carrion, hunt for other people's sons with the intention of turning them into tramps, beggars, drunkards and criminals--into despised outcasts." Come listen to his story! - Summary by kathrinee.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Trail of the Tramp
• Author credits: Leon Ray Livingston
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 4:04:23

Catalogue topics

• homelessness
• vagabond
• tramp
• hobo
• a no. 1

Track guide

1. 01 - Where to Obtain Our Books. Chapter 1: The Harvester — 4:40
2. 02 - Chapter 2: The Samaritans — 14:21
3. 03 - Chapter 3: The Wreck — 19:40
4. 04 - Chapter 4: The Drifter — 22:46
5. 05 - Chapter 5: The Call of the City — 8:17
6. 06 - Chapter 6: The Golden Rule Hotel — 9:55
7. 07 - Chapter 7: False Friends — 16:05
8. 08 - Chapter 8: Busting a Broncho — 17:58
9. 09 - Chapter 9: The Abyss — 21:38
10. 10 - Chapter 10: Slippery, the Yegg — 24:19
11. 11 - Chapter 11: The Wages of Sin is Death — 20:02
12. 12 - Chapter 12: Scattered to the Winds — 11:16
13. 13 - Chapter 13: Where is my Brother James — 16:39
14. 14 - Chapter 14: The Noble Work of the Salvation Army — 12:43
15. 15 - Chapter 15: Forgive and Forget — 8:47
16. 16 - Chapter 16: All is Well that Ends Well — 15:17

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