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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Viking Pr
Publication date
January 1, 1984
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780670603190
ISBN-10
0670603198
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$15.95
Other format details
travel
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Road | One More Train to Ride | The Hobo Handbook | Newjack
The Road | One More Train to Ride | The Hobo Handbook | Newjack
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Offers a personal account of the author's adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes and presents a factual glimpse into the world of the modern-day hobo
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In Ted Conover's first book, now back in print, he enters a segment of humanity outside society and reports back on a world few of us would chose to enter but about which we are all curious.
Hoboes fascinated Conover, but he had only encountered them in literature and folksongs. So, he decided to take a year off and ride the rails. Equipped with rummage-store clothing, a bedroll, and a few other belongings, he hops a freight train in St. Louis, becoming a tramp in order to discover their peculiar culture. The men and women he meets along the way are by turns generous and mistrusting, resourceful and desperate, philosophical and profoundly cynical. And the narrative he creates of his travels with them is unforgettable and moving.
Hoboes fascinated Conover, but he had only encountered them in literature and folksongs. So, he decided to take a year off and ride the rails. Equipped with rummage-store clothing, a bedroll, and a few other belongings, he hops a freight train in St. Louis, becoming a tramp in order to discover their peculiar culture. The men and women he meets along the way are by turns generous and mistrusting, resourceful and desperate, philosophical and profoundly cynical. And the narrative he creates of his travels with them is unforgettable and moving.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Viking Pr (January 1, 1984)
9780670603190 | details & prices | List price $15.95
About: Offers a personal account of the author's adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes and presents a factual glimpse into the world of the modern-day hobo
About: Offers a personal account of the author's adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes and presents a factual glimpse into the world of the modern-day hobo
Paperback
Reprint edition from Viking Pr (June 1, 1985)
9780140095500 | details & prices | List price $7.95
About: Offers a personal account of the author's adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes and presents a factual glimpse into the world of the modern-day hobo
About: Offers a personal account of the author's adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes and presents a factual glimpse into the world of the modern-day hobo
CD/Spoken Word
Mp3 una edition from Brilliance Audio (October 25, 2005)
9781596006034 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.22 lbs | List price $24.95
About: "I crouched quietly in the patch of tall weeds.
About: "I crouched quietly in the patch of tall weeds.
Mp3 una edition from Brilliance Audio Lib Edn (October 25, 2005)
9781596006041 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $39.25
Cassette/Spoken Word
Unabridged edition from Brilliance Audio (September 1, 2001)
9781587886751 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.75 × 2.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $32.95
About: Offers a personal account of the author's adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes and presents a factual glimpse into the world of the modern-day hobo.
About: Offers a personal account of the author's adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes and presents a factual glimpse into the world of the modern-day hobo.
Abridged edition from Brilliance Audio (September 1, 2001)
9781587886775 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Offers a personal account of the author's adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes and presents a factual glimpse into the world of the modern-day hobo.
About: Offers a personal account of the author's adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes and presents a factual glimpse into the world of the modern-day hobo.
Unabridged edition from Brilliance Audio Lib Edn (September 1, 2001)
9781587886768 | details & prices | 5.00 × 8.50 × 2.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $78.25
About: Offers a personal account of the author's adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes and presents a factual glimpse into the world of the modern-day hobo.
About: Offers a personal account of the author's adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes and presents a factual glimpse into the world of the modern-day hobo.
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