Jecon Gregory is or was a nomadic artist, whose autobiographical fragments and poems, dictated to an acquaintance, were published as the book History of a Nation of One: An Unlikely Memoir (Harcourt Brace, New York, 1969, and Michael Joseph, London, 1971). Jecon apparently did not know his place, date, language or even name of birth, began his wanderings as a child in Malta; walked through many lands, barefoot, tall and thin, pulling all his possessions in a basket on wheels, sleeping on the ground, and making a living by drawing portraits.
References
- "One Week: The Literary Overflow", Time Magazine, October 24, 1969, archived from the original on October 23, 2012
- Kirsh, Robert (October 28, 1969), "From a Walker's Notebook", Los Angeles Times
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