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Roddan, Rev. Andrew

God in the Jungles - The Story of the Man Without a Home

First United Church, 1931

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Year of publication
1931
Place of printing
Vancouver, B.C.
Author
Roddan, Rev. Andrew
Publishers
First United Church
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Edition
F First Edition
Keyword
God in the Jungles - The Story of the Man Without a Home Hobos, Great Depression Poverty Homelessness Religion British Columbia, Canadian History
Binding description
S Paperback
State of preservation
Fair
Languages
English
Binding
Softcover
First edition
Yes

Description

65 pages. Includes fourteen black and white photos. Undated. Circa 1931. Author was Reverend of First United Church in Vancouver, B.C., "The Church with the Open Door" which "Ministers to 27 different nationalities, irrespective of race, color, class, or creed". - from title page. ". A story of human interest dealing with flesh and blood, telling you in a simple and direct manner something of the struggle for an existence on the part of thousands of homeless men in this great Canada of ours." - from page 9. Contents include topics such as: The Slave Market; The Tramp; The Juvenile Hobo; Why Men Fail; The Hobo and the Climate; Enforced Idleness; The Hobo and Alcohol; The Sex Life of the Hobo; How the Hobo Travels; Insanity; The Hobo and the Communist; and many more. Above-average external wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Short piece of grey tape atop spine. A worthy vintage copy which takes readers deep inside the lives of Canada's multitude of impoverished men during the Great Depression. Book