A-No. 1

About The Author

Leon Ray Livingston (1872–1944) — better known as A-No. 1, the "King of the Hoboes" — spent his life riding freight trains and writing about it, producing roughly a dozen books on tramp culture, the road, and the hobo sign language.

Books by A-No. 1

The Wife I Won
By A-No. 1
The Wife I Won is No. 10 in a self-published nonfiction series by hobo writer A No. 1. Contains stories, observations and illustrations of life on the road. The Author has carefully avoided the least mention of anything that would be unfit reading for ladies or children. First published circa 1920.
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