printer
unions thro
ughout
history
Mark
Twain and
printing
history type
Excerpts from the book "TRAMP PRINTERS"
by John Howells and Marion Dearman
(Discovery Press, copyright 1996)
out of print, all rights reserved
Adventures
of a Tramp Printer
By John Edward Hicks
Here
has been recreated the world of the tramp printer as it was in the
handset days. The tramp printers of the 1890s. Never before has so much
lore of the old-time printer-on-the-move been brought together in one volume.
Saga of the early west you have never read before! A rollicking recital
of rowdy reminiscence! Details the life on the road in its most luxuriant
heyday, bringing back memories of: Peter B. Lee, king of the Tramp Printers;
Colonel Ike Busby, aristocrat of the nomads; "Muskogee Red", "Kokomo" Phillips,
"One Eye" George Machette, "Thin Space" Jones, "Circus" Baldwin, "Dirty
Shirt" Smith, "Hi-Ass" Jones, "gig" Martin, T. Jeff McGovern, "Dixie" Dunbar
and "Kid Glove" Willie. Oh, the places they went and the the things they
saw! This book is a must for anyone interested in the history of
printing and those itinerant printers who lived adventures that others
could only envy.
$14.95
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Born in Paradise, Missouri in a sod house on a site since covered by the water in the Trimble Wildlife Preserve, John Edward Hicks went to school in Excelsior Springs and Kansas City. He started work in the printing trade at age nine, delivering type to local primers. In 1918 he opened his own publishing company to publish a trade journal for the printer journeymen. For twenty-six years Mr. Hicks worked at the Kansas City Star. He was an avid reader and his thirst for knowledge was unquenchable. He was in love with the great events of the old west. Mr. Hicks passed away in December, 1971. Recently discovered additional manuscripts are being published in his memory
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hot-metal printers encouraged to send e-mail to:
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