FROM JOB TO JOB The Author FROM JOB TO JOB BY ALFRED C.B. FLETCHER WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS title NEW YORK DODD, MEAD & COMPANY 1917 Copyright, 1916, DEDICATED TO RALPH J. RICHARDSON A GOOD COMPANION AND AN INTELLIGENT TRAVELLER FOREWORD The pages that follow are an account of a three-year trip I made around the world, starting from San Francisco with only a five-dollar gold piece and earning my way. My wanderings took me to Hawaii, Japan, Korea, China, the Philippines, Ceylon, India, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, Europe, England, Norway, Spitzbergen, Sweden, and finally across the Atlantic to America. I think the book covers a new field in travel narrative in that it shows that it is possible to work one's way around the world and do so with a considerable degree of comfort. In most instances I held good positions, met the representative people of each country and travelled in moderate style. I, of course, had numerous hardships and adventures, which I relate. I wish to extend my thanks to Mr. Ralph J. Richardson, my travelling companion on part of the trip, for the photographs which illustrate the edition and to Mr. Stanley Richardson for many valuable suggestions in connection with the manuscript of the volume. I also wish to express my gratitude to The Wide World Magazine for the courtesy of permitting me to republish the narrative from its pages. A.C.B.F. CONTENTS |
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