Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression
Language: English
Published by Routledge, 2003
- First Edition
- Softcover
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This copy is an Ex-Library book with the usual stamps and markings. Colored pictorial wraps. Binding is tight. Spine is straight, No crease. Corners are sharp. Content is clean, no markings. Includes: Contents, References, Index. 302 p. 6.25 x 9 x .075 inches. 1.07 lb.
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- Title
- Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression
- Author
- Errol Lincoln Uys
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0415945755
- ISBN 13
- 9780415945752
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Item weight
- 1.07 pounds
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
"There is no feeling in the world like sitting in a side-door Pullman and watching the world go by, listening to the clickety-clack of the wheels, hearing that old steam whistle blowing for crossings and towns." -George Phillips in Riding the Rails
At the height of the Great Depression, 250,000 teenage hoboes were riding the rails and roaming America. Some left home out of desperation and went looking for work and a better life, sometimes traveling hundreds of miles on the rumor of a job waiting farther down the line. Others left out of boredom; still others with a wanderlust and romantic idea of life on the road.
The restless youth of these boxcar boys and girls, many who went from "middle-class gentility to scrabble-ass poor" overnight, is recaptured in Riding the Rails. Based on the award-winning documentary, this book dispels the myths of a hobo existence and reveals the hard stories of a daring generation of American teenagers-forgotten heroes-who survived some of the hardest times in our nations' history. Whether you're a "gaycat" (novice rider) or a "dingbat" (seasoned hobo), Riding the Rails is entertaining and inspiring, recapturing a time when the country was "dying by inches."
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About the Author
Errol Lincoln Uys is a renowned writer and editor. He was the editor-in-chief of Reader's Digest in South Africa and collaborated with James A. Michener on his South African novel The Covenant. Uys is also the author of the well-received novel, Brazil. He lives in Cambridge, Massachussetts.
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