Josiah Flynt

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Josiah Flynt (properly Josiah Flynt Willard) (1869-1907) was an American sociologist and author, born at Appleton, Wisc. He was educated at the University of Berlin in 1890-95 and after several years of experience as a professional vagrant published in 1899 Tramping with Tramps, a novel and picturesque study. His further works dealing with the lower and criminal classes include The Powers that Prey (1900), a collection of short stories written in collaboration with Francis Walton; Notes of an Itinerant Policeman (1900); The World of Graft (1901), also a volume of short stories; and The Little Brother (1902), his only sustained attempt in fiction.