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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"Vivid, sensitive... this always compelling odyssey explains life beyond the pale of comfort."
--Los Angeles Times
"Rolling Nowhere is so vivid that every few pages the urge to clack the dust from one's own clothes is almost irresistible."
--The New York Times Book Review
-Vivid, sensitive... this always compelling odyssey explains life beyond the pale of comfort.-
--Los Angeles Times
-Rolling Nowhere is so vivid that every few pages the urge to clack the dust from one's own clothes is almost irresistible.-
--The New York Times Book Review
Ted Conover is the author most recently of the National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing. He lives in New York City.
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Seller: Your Online Bookstore, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Fair. Seller Inventory # 0140095500-4-36744199
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 3124823-6
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Remainder mark to bottom edge, minor thumbing, light tanning to interior, else tight and clean. Seller Inventory # 1040276
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Not Illustrated (illustrator). New York, NY: Penguin Books. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. (1985). . Paperback. Sm 8vo., 274 pp., cover edges rubbed, creases, page toning . Seller Inventory # BOOKS334795
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Clean and tight. No creases along the spine but a bit of scuffing. 1988 reprint. Shelfwear with light creases on the back cover. Penguin Travel Library. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Travel. Seller Inventory # 049316
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Penguin Books, 1985. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked wrappers with just a touch of wear to edges. Pages completely clean and free from any markings. Pages are toned, more so along edges. A young mans adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes. Sixty-five freight trains, 12,000 miles, and fifteen states later, Conover chronicle his impressions of their lives in this fascinating piece of first-hand reporting that becomes a thoughtful story of self-discovery. 274 pages. 7.75 x 5 inches. 1985, Penguin Books. ISBN: 0140095500. Seller Inventory # 031131
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Usual library markings, cover covered in mylar, some soiling around edges of pages. Seller Inventory # QR07293
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paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # SL-0140095500