planettom

The hobo that Lee Marvin's character is based on in the movie EMPEROR OF THE NORTH POLE aka EMPEROR OF THE NORTH (1973), Leon Ray Livingston, A-No.1, wrote a lot of books:


1. Life and Adventures of A-No.-1: America's Most Celebrated Tramp (1910)
https://archive.org/details/lifeandadventur00livigoog



2. Hobo Camp Fire Tales (1911)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00USC6U4U/


3. The Curse of Tramp Life (1912)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00USC6UH2/ and
https://archive.org/details/curseoftramplife00livi


4. The Trail of the Tramp (1913)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00USC6U6I/
(free versions:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AQN1OF6/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0084BSY5A/
https://archive.org/details/thetrailofthetra12424gut
https://archive.org/details/thetrailofthetramp_1708_librivox Audio Book )


5. The Adventures of a Female Tramp (1914)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00USC6UMC/


6. The Ways of the Hobo (1914)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00USC6TXC/


7. The Snare of the Road (1916)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00USC6UUE/


8. From Coast to Coast with Jack London (1917)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00USC6TH8/ and
https://archive.org/details/FromCoastToCoast
https://archive.org/details/fromcoasttocoast00livirich
https://archive.org/details/fromcoasttocoast00livi


9. The Mother of the Hoboes: And Other Stories (1918)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00USC6SVA/


10. The Wife I Won (1919)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00USC6VWG/


11. Traveling with Tramps (1920) (The only one I can't find as an ebook)
https://www.amazon.com/Traveling-tramps-Leon-Ray-Livingston/dp/B00086YI4A/


12. Here and There with A-No.-1, America's Most Famous Tramp (1921)
https://archive.org/details/heretherewithano00livi

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Not to mention The Road (1907) by Jack London

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0084BQI30/ (free kindle)
https://archive.org/details/cu31924095660472
https://archive.org/details/the_road_1407_librivox Audio book