- Tramps, Case studies, Biography, Anthropologists
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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Earnest, classical in form, grave and cool.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Ted Conover
- First published
- 1984
- Pages
- 274
- Publisher
- Brilliance Audio Unabridged, Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD, Brilliance Audio
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780670603190
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First sentence
“I crouched quietly in the patch of tall weeds.”
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