Beyond the lore and stories passed down from printer to printer, a few have made it to the page. In other words, there are some tramp printing narratives have been set and printed for posterity. Find below a bibliography that is a great starting point, but by no means comprehensive. For this list, I am deeply indebted to fellow Tramp Printer enthusiast and ally, Joe Riley.
Tramp Printers by John Howells and Marion Dearman
The Gutenberg Galaxy by Marshall McLuhan
Adventures of a Tramp Printer by John Hicks
A Catfish in the Bodoni by Otto J. Boutin
Typographical Tourists: Tales of Tramping Printers – Ed. Alastair M. Johnston, Poltroon Press
Tales of the Print Shop by John Edward Allen
Handset Reminisces by J.B. Graham
The Swifts: Printers in the Age of Typesetting Races by Walker Rumble
The Tramp Printer: Sometime Journeyman of the Little Home-Town Papers in Days that Come No More by Ben Hur Lampman
Trampography by Linafont Brevier
That Printer of Udell’s by Harold Bell Wright
The Heritage of the Printer, Vol. 1 by Dr. James Eckman
Printers Ink on a Shoestring: A Rebel Who Wouldn’t Stay Put by T.G. Mauritzen
The Tramp Printer by King Wilkin, Ash Ranch Press
The Tramp Printer by William Allen White
Old Days with the Tramp Printers: In These Shifting Scenes by Charles Edward Russell
Tales of Tramp Printers by George M. Story
Tramp Printer by Harry J. Muntz