{"product_id":"9781546669791","title":"Numbering","description":"Henry Mayhew (1812-1887), a London journalist, published an extraordinary account of the people he encountered on the streets of London in the mid-1800s. These accounts were published in three volumes in 1861 all with the title London Labor and the London Poor: A Cyclopaedia Of The Condition And Earnings Of Those That Will Work, Those That Cannot Work, And Those That Will Not Work. Among the street-folk he interviewed and reported on in his three volumes are beggars, tumblers, vagrants, artisans, dustmen, sewer hunters, lumpers, clowns, costermongers, rat-killers, and conjurors. \"It is curious,\" writes Henry Mayhew in his first volume, \"[that] the public has less knowledge [of London street-folk] than of the most distance tribes on the earth-the government population returns not evening numbering them among the inhabitants of the kingdom\"-and for this reason surely the literate public will want to read these volumes (Mayhew, 1861: Volume I, iii). In the fictional world of Numbering, a gentleman reporter called Mr. Gray has collected some curious and alarming facts about the folks he has encountered on the streets of London, folks like Geordie, a castaway boy who passes in and out of people's lives until he finally goes underground; and other folks like Willard and Johnny, who struggle to make a living but gain strength from each other; the Jewish boy Baxter; and Jenny, whose life is dominated by her violent and drunken husband Bulger. In Numbering, fictional folks like these and others gain significance in ways actual street-folk likely did not in their lifetimes, significance only you can ascribe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDon K. Philpot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003eMay 12, 2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e52 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eISBN-10: \u003c\/b\u003e1546669795\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/b\u003e9781546669791\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49193717825841,"sku":"9781546669791","price":12.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/8215\/8385\/files\/9781546669791__26680_3593b946-1227-4df5-b3a5-342397a760a4.jpg?v=1716802395","url":"https:\/\/www.recomparo.com\/products\/9781546669791","provider":"ReComparo.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}