ROVING BILL ASPINWALL: Dispatches from a Hobo in Post-Civil War America

Written between 1893 and 1917, Aspinwall tells his story in his own words. With letters written to John James McCook at Trinity College, he describes experiences on the road, the people he meets, his dalliances with women and his memories of the Civil War. Rich and unique, Bill's words are the real voice of a nineteenth century hobo. Illus.