Still Riding the Rails: Life as a Modern Hobo - HowStuffWorks
These steam-engine hobos crisscrossed the country looking for paying work and a hot meal, hitching illegal rides between, on top, underneath and occasionally inside train cars.
Modern hobos - Jimmy Trains
2021年3月13日 · The hobos are great story tellers and have intimate knowledge of trains, yards and people in the industry. They have call signs that the mark cars, bridges and railroad control boxes. These sometimes get crowded out by the graffiti artists in large cities but in less populated areas it is purely their canvas.
One More Train to Ride: The Underground World of Modern American Hoboes
2009年9月18日 · 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 …
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One More Train to Ride - Google Books
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...
Project MUSE - One More Train to Ride
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.
One more train to ride: The underground world of modern
2003年1月1日 · 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.
One More Train to Ride: The Underground World of Modern…
2003年10月8日 · 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 …
Reference Collection · Hobo Archive - University of Iowa
The following reference list includes books, articles, and zines on historic and modern-day hoboing/rail-riding culture. The list is vetted and validated by members of the U.S. rail-riding community as credible resources with authentic interpretations of hobo/rail …
One More Train to Ride: The Underground World of Modern …
2003年10月1日 · 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 …
Modern train cars have made hobo lifestyle a thing of the past
2011年8月21日 · Hobos surfaced in U.S. history in the mid-1800s, at the same time railroads emerged as a major mode of transportation in the United States. After the Civil War, displaced veterans rode the...