TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PART I. HOBOHEMIA, THE HOME OF THE HOMELESS MAN | |
| PAGE | |
| List of Illustrations | [xv] |
| CHAPTER | |
| I. Hobohemia Defined | [3] |
| II. The Jungles: The Homeless Man Abroad | [16] |
| III. The Lodging-House: The Homeless Man at Home | [27] |
| IV. “Getting By” in Hobohemia | [40] |
| PART II. TYPES OF HOBOS | |
| CHAPTER | |
| V. Why Do Men Leave Home? | [61] |
| VI. The Hobo and the Tramp | [87] |
| VII. The Home Guard and the Bum | [96] |
| VIII. Work | [107] |
| PART III. THE HOBO PROBLEM | |
| CHAPTER | |
| IX. Health | [125] |
| X. Sex Life of the Homeless Man | [137] |
| XI. The Hobo as a Citizen | [150] |
| 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
| FACING PAGE | |
| 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] |
PART I
HOBOHEMIA, THE HOME OF THE HOMELESS MAN