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One More Train to Ride: The Underground World of Modern American Hoboes

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Availability:In StockContributor:WilliamsPublish date:2009-09-18Pages:161
Language:EnglishPublisher:Indiana University PressISBN-13:9780253216526ISBN-10:253216524UPC:9780253216526Book Category:Social Science, TransportationBook Subcategory:Minority Studies, Railroads, Poverty & HomelessnessSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCQMJ6T1M4

One More Train to Ride: The Underground World of Modern American Hoboes

Drawn from intimate interviews with 14 modern-day "steel rail nomads," One More Train to Ride provides a revealing picture of today's American hobo. Interspersed with their stories are original poems and songs echoing the ancient lyricism and loneliness of life on the road. Their connections with the past make the experiences of these hoboes even more striking, as they ride freight trains and...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Indiana University PressISBN-13:9780253216526ISBN-10:253216524UPC:9780253216526Book Category:Social Science, TransportationBook Subcategory:Minority Studies, Railroads, Poverty & HomelessnessSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCQMJ6T1M4

Cliff Williams (Oats) has been a "hobo at heart" since 1990, when he attended his first National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa. He chose his hobo moniker because he eats rolled oats with milk and honey for breakfast. In his other life, Williams teaches philosophy at Trinity College in Illinois. He is author of Free Will and Determinism: A Dialogue, which recently went into its ninth printing. He...

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