STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
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Saunders was a hobo, riverman and jack-of-all-trades who joined the Industrial Workers of the World before 1920 and later became an ardent member of the Socialist Party. He roamed all over America before World War I. Late in life, he began his autobiography and filled six notebooks with his experiences, describing his many jobs, the living conditions in hobo camps, and his efforts at recruiting members for the Socialist Party in the Midwest.
Includes: "If You Don't Slip": The Hobo Life, 1911-1916, A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School, University of Missouri-Columbia In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree, Doctor of Philosophy, by Kristine Stilwell, July 2004
See also: sl 184 Camp Solidarity, Inc., 1937-
INDEX
Camp Solidarity
Communist Party
Great Depression
Hobos
Hooverville
International Workers of the World
MacPherson, Aimee Semple
Preisler, Doris
Socialist Party
St. Louis Labor College
Tornado, 1927
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