Name Josiah Flynt | Role Author | |
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Died 1907, Chicago, Illinois, United States Education Humboldt University of Berlin Books Tramping with tramps, Notes of an itinerant policeman, The world of graft, The Rise of Ruderick Clowd | ||
Josiah Flynt (properly Josiah Flynt Willard) (January 23, 1869 – January 20, 1907) was an American sociologist and author.
Biography
Born at Appleton, Wisconsin, he was educated at the University of Berlin from 1890 to 1895. After several years of experience as a professional vagrant, he published Tramping with Tramps in 1899, a picaresque study. His further works dealing with the lower and criminal classes include The Powers that Prey (1900), a collection of short stories written in collaboration with Alfred Hodder (writing pseudonymously as Francis Walton), Notes of an Itinerant Policeman (1900), The World of Graft (1901), a volume of short stories, and The Little Brother (1902), his only sustained attempt in fiction. His name is perpetuated in the annals of fiction as the dedicatee of Jack London's The Road. He died in Chicago.