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Guttenberg is given common credit for the invention of movable type. Part of this invention rubs off on some of the men who work in the printing field - the moveable part. Men who work in print shops were blessed with a desire to "see what was on the other side of the mountain" - to move on to new areas. Manu of these men were social misfits who could not bear the day by day grind of the ste4ady man. More than likely it was that the typesetter-printer simply used up all of the new ideas in the current town, and moved on out of sheer boredom. Whatever causes printers to amble, ht tramp printer was a main part of the movement in America to reach, understand and conquer the frontier. He wanted to tell the news, make a buck, be free to work, or not, and drink a bit of "poteen" with the lads. He wanted to be a part of something that was new and different. The one thing which marked the roving printer that made him a wanted man regardless of his social quirks, was that he was a true craftsman. He could make the presses roll and get the type in galleys under all conditions, good and bad. Otto Boutin's stories reflect this kind of a man, his work, and his weaknesses. In these days of specialization in the graphic arts, it is fun to meet and know a few of the generalists from the old time hot metal and stove-pit-soot ink printing days. A Catfish in the Bodoni will introduce you to thirty of such producers of the printed work, and their wanderings. - Dust jacket.