Riding the Rails Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression |
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| Author:
| Uys, Errol Lincoln |
| ISBN: | 978-0-203-49780-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2004 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $42.95 |
Book Description:
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At the height of the Great Depression, 250,000 teenage hoboes were riding the rails and roaming America. The restless youth of these boxcar boys and girls, many who went from 'middle-class gentility to scrabble-ass poor' overnight, is recaptured in
At the height of the Great Depression, 250,000 teenage hoboes were riding the rails and roaming America. The restless youth of these boxcar boys and girls, many who went from 'middle-class gentility to scrabble-ass poor' overnight, is recaptured in