insrb by author: "To Mrs. Richmond, From Tom Powers, I spelled your name wrongly the first time so had to tear the fly leaf out-- see! -->"


63 p., illus.; printed on dark brown mottled paper; grey paper boards, brown cloth spine, orange printed front-cover label. 'These monologues I wrote for the radio. Now they've got themselves made into a book. If they make you feel that the unemployed are not a kind or a condition of people, but a collection of unfortunate individuals much the same as you and me, I shall feel more than repaid for the trouble. With most of the money I hope this winter to shelter a few people who otherwise might go unsheltered. If you want to help, you can.'