The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A rich man's son puts on a tramp's clothes to see his own country as the poor see it, and finds a mill town where the water is bad and the company owns the mayor. Holman Day was a Maine newspaperman who filled his books with loggers, drivers and local politicians, and knew precisely how a small city is bought. Sixty plates of paintings, among them trench views by William Orpen and a winter road by George Bellows, carry the wanderer's road and the war-scarred world he crosses.
A rich man's son puts on a tramp's clothes to see his own country as the poor see it, and finds a mill town where the water is bad and the company owns the mayor. Holman Day was a Maine newspaperman who filled his books with loggers, drivers and local politicians, and knew precisely how a small c...
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Holman Day (1865–1935) was an American journalist and novelist. He served as editor of the Bangor Daily Commercial and later published fiction rooted in the language and life of Maine. Among his works are The Landloper and When Egypt Went Broke.
Holman Day (1865–1935) was an American journalist and novelist. He served as editor of the Bangor Daily Commercial and later published fiction rooted in the language and life of Maine. Among his works are The Landloper and When Egypt Went Broke.
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