Rolling nowhere : riding the rails with America's hoboes
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New York : Vintage Departures / Vintage Books, 2001.
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9780375727863, 0375727868
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Published
New York : Vintage Departures / Vintage Books, 2001.
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Book
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xix, 281 pages : map ; 21 cm.
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English
ISBN
9780375727863, 0375727868

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Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1984. With new pref. by the author.
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"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"--Amazon.com

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Conover, T. (2001). Rolling nowhere: riding the rails with America's hoboes (First Vintage Departures edition.). Vintage Departures / Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Conover, Ted. 2001. Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails With America's Hoboes. Vintage Departures / Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Conover, Ted. Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails With America's Hoboes Vintage Departures / Vintage Books, 2001.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Conover, Ted. Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails With America's Hoboes First Vintage Departures edition., Vintage Departures / Vintage Books, 2001.

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