Beggars Of Life

A bestseller in 1924, this vivid piece of outlaw history has inexplicably faded from the public consciousness. Jim Tully takes us through freight trains, hobo jungles and brothels while avoiding railroad cops and wardens of order. Beggars of Life was the first in Tully's five-volume memoir, recalling his transformation from road-kid to becoming a novelist, journalist, Hollywood columnist, chain maker, boxer, circus handyman, and tree surgeon.