This book focuses on the re-invigoration of Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp persona in America
from the point at which Chaplin reached the acme of his disfavor in the States promoted by the
media through his departure from America forever in 1952 and ending with his death in
Switzerland in 1977. By considering factions of America as diverse as 8mm film collectors Beat
poets and writers and readers of Chaplin biographies this cultural study determines
conclusively that Chaplin's Little Tramp never died but in fact experienced a resurgence
which began slowly even before 1950 and was wholly in effect by 1965 and then confirmed by 1972
the year in which Chaplin returned to the United States for the final time to receive
accolades in both New York and Los Angeles where he received an Oscar for a lifetime of
achievement in film.
