| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 161, 3 unnumbered pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword / Gypsy Moon -- Catchin' Out for Freedom / Guitar Whitey -- The Texas Madman -- What Is a Hobo? -- One More Train to Ride / Hobo Liberty Justice -- New York Slim -- What Is It Like to Be on a Moving Freight Train? -- Roving / Gideon -- Dante Fucwha -- Catching a Moving Boxcar -- The Hobo's Heart / Virginia Slim -- Frog -- Waiting for a Train -- A Woman on the Go / Cinderbox Cindy -- Shayla -- Philosophy of Hoboing -- Clearing the Yard / Bo Britt Eddie -- Stretch -- Arrested -- Shanty by the Main / Iowa Blackie -- Hobo Monikers -- Shortstop -- Drawing by Shortstop -- In the Jungle -- Sitting Around Our Little Fires / Oklahoma Slim -- B -- Photos -- A Hobo Story -- The Hobo and His Bedroll / Bo Britt Eddie -- Preacher Steve -- Good Turns -- Making a Nighttime Run -- New York Grizzly -- Hobo Advice -- There's a Little Bit of Tex in Me / Hood River Blackie -- Iwegan -- Roll Call of the Departed -- A Hobo's Remembrance -- Road Hog -- Hobo Songs -- Softly by Tracks / Buzz Potter -- Raquel -- Death and Injury on the Rails -- The Road to Nowhere / Dr. Poet -- Adman -- Hobo's Lament / Virginia Slim -- A Bindle Stiff's Last Ride / Drummond Mansfield -- Drawing by Drummond Mansfield |
| Summary |
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 jungle up in hobo camps, light years away from the 21 st-century cyberworld--yet touching the very core of American freedom and individualism. Cliff Williams skillfully elicits details of family background, motives, and clear insights into the daily life and philosophy of the modern hobo. With its evocative link to the past, "One More Train to Ride" continues a long tradition of books on hobo oral history, including Nels Anderson's "The Hobo" (1923) and Thomas Minehan's "Boy and Girl Tramps of America" (1934) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page [163]) |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 25, 2024) |
| Subject |
Tramps -- United States
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253112446 |
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0253112443 |
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9780253106872 |
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0253106877 |
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9781282075573 |
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1282075578 |
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