Travels with Lizbeth
Subtitle: three years on the road and on the streets
By: Lars Eighner
Edition: First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781250036254
Subjects: Homeless persons; Biography; Homelessness
Description: "Lars Eighner's account of his descent into homelessness and his adventures on the streets has for twenty years moved, charmed, and amused readers. A beautifully written account of one man's experience of homelessness, a story of physical survival, and the triumph of the artistic spirit in the face of enormous adversity."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Originally published by St. Martin's Press, 1993.
Table of contents: title: Austin to Tucson: hitting the road; title: Tucson to La Puente: the desert rat; title: Los Angeles: pounding the pavement; title: San Gabriels and Hollywood; title: To Austin; title: Temporary arrangements; title: On dumpster diving; title: Summer in Austin: dog days on the street; title: Phlebitis: at the public hospital; title: Alcohol, drugs, and insanity; title: On institutional parasitism; title: Eviction; title: Daniel; title: Lizbeth on death row; title: To Hollywood again; title: In the bamboo; title: A roof over our heads.