Chapter II: Part IV: How the Hobo Meets

HIS PROBLEM

CHAPTER

XII. PERSONALITIES OF HOBOHEMIA 171

XIII. THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE HOBO 185

XIV. HOBO SONGS AND BALLADS 194

XV. THE SOAP BOX AND THE OPEN FORUM 215

XVI. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HOBO ORGANIZATION 230

XVII. MISSIONS AND WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS 250

APPENDIXES

A. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 265

B. DOCUMENTS AND MATERIALS 281

C. BIBLIOGRAPHY 291

INDEX 299

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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A JUNGLE CAMP 10

SUMMER RESORTING BEHIND FIELD MUSEUM, CHICAGO 10

A DINING-ROOM ON THE “MAIN STEM” 34

EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS 34

LEADERS IN THE EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT 88

A POPULAR RESORT IN HOBOHEMIA 88

DR. BEN L. REITMAN 172

MEMBERS OF THE JEFFERSON PARK INTELLIGENTSIA 186

THE HOBO READS PROGRESSIVE LITERATURE 186

THE SOAP-BOX ORATOR--THE ECONOMIC ARGUMENT 216

AN OUTDOOR MISSION MEETING--THE RELIGIOUS PLEA 216

JAMES EADS HOW 236

A FREE LUNCH AT A MISSION 258

A WINTER’S NIGHT IN A MISSION 258