You’re listening to Short and Interesting – the podcast that reads to you short excerpts from old, weird, interesting books. This week is a grand yarn from Leon Ray Livingston, a/k/a A-No.1, a/k/a ”The World’s Most Famous Hobo.” This is from his 1914 book “The Ways of the Hobo” which is a fun little book of folk tales told by hobos, to hobos. There’s a certain romance and charm to hobodom, but make no mistake, it’s a life of poverty, abuse, and exploitation. But you’ve got to find some way to laugh through it all.

This work is in the public domain. It’s easy enough to find online, for example you can find it here: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=A-No%2E%201%2C%20 ...