Richard Edward Noble

About the Author

Richard Edward Noble was born in Baltimore, Md. at St. Agnes Hospital in 1943. He was raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He attended St. Rita's grammar school in Lawrence, Central Catholic High School also in Lawrence, Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill and Merrimack College in North Andover.

His mother, father and grandparents - on both sides of the family - were Lawrence textile workers.

Richard lived in Lawrence until the age of twenty-seven and then migrated to Fort Lauderdale, Florida where he met his wife, Carol. Richard and Carol have been together for over 40 years. They have both worked a variety of jobs.

Richard has been a butcher, a dishwasher, an oysterman, a fruit picker, a restaurant manager and the owner/operator of his own ice cream parlor and sandwich shop. These experiences and many more were published in "Hobo-ing America - a workingman's tour of the U.S.A."

Richard is retired and pursuing a career in writing. He has now published 24 books. He and Carol live in the Florida Panhandle on beautiful Apalachicola bay. He writes: creative non-fiction, fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. He published a column in a local newspaper. In 2007 he received a 1st place award for humor from the Florida Press Association for this column. He has since published a selection of these columns in The Eastpointer - Life in a Sleepy, Little Fishing Village and Cat Point - And Them Dang Oyster People.

Richard has a variety of interests - philosophy, history, politics, poetry, music, biography and autobiography. Noble Notes on Famous Folks, America On Strike, Mein Kampf - An Analysis, Bloggin' Be My Life and Hooked On Books are all products of some of these interests.

Richard's Hometown series includes: Just Hangin' Out, Ma, Tenement Dwellers, and That Old Gang of Mine, Come On-A My House, Down by the Old Mill Stream,and Standing on the Corner.

Other books of particular interest to the Hometown crowd are: A Summer with Charlie, Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother, and A Bakers Dozen.

Richard has a popular blog called The Hobo Philosopher and he has since adopted the title "The Hobo Philosopher" as a part of his advertising persona.

Both Richard and The Hobo Philosopher hope you will purchase and read 10 or 12 of his print productions. Good luck to you all and stay healthy.