John Fritz
Latest Stories
no_longer_homeless_05412.jpg
ADVANCE FOR MONDAY MARCH 27 AND THEREAFTER - In a March 16, 2017 photo, John Fritz, right, plays backgammon with Ralph Stanislaw, a friend who lives in his building, at his apartment in St. Paul, Minn. Fritz, a self-described tramp, is the author of the self-published autobiography "Homeless is Not Hopeless." (Jean Pieri/Pioneer Press via AP)
no_longer_homeless_36098.jpg
ADVANCE FOR MONDAY MARCH 27 AND THEREAFTER - In a March 16, 2017 photo, John Fritz looks out the living room window of his St. Clair Ave. apartment in St. Paul, Minn., his home for the last 4 1/2 years, to the railroad tracks. Fritz, a self-described tramp, is the author of the self-published autobiography "Homeless is Not Hopeless." (Jean Pieri/Pioneer Press via AP)
no_longer_homeless_13123.jpg
ADVANCE FOR MONDAY MARCH 27 AND THEREAFTER - In a March 16, 2017 photo, John Fritz holds a copy of his book, "Homeless is not Hopeless," at his apartment in St. Paul, Minn. Fritz rode the rails for nearly 25 years, always imagining he'd live and die as a self-described tramp. Alcoholism and troubling memories of childhood abuse were his downfall. Fritz is the author of the self-published autobiography "Homeless is Not Hopeless." (Jean Pieri/Pioneer Press via AP)
