Riding the Rails Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression

Name: Riding the Rails Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression
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ISBN: 9780692302118

ISBN-10: 0692302115

ISBN-13: 9780692302118

Edition: N/A

Authors: Errol Uys

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During the Great Depression, more than 250,000 children left their homes and hopped freight trains crisscrossing the United States. They were looking for work and adventure; some wanted to leave their homes, and some had to. They grew up in speeding boxcars, living in hobo jungles, begging on the streets, and running from the police and club-wielding railroad guards.The restless youth of these boxcar boys and girls, many who went from 'middle-class gentility to dirt poor' overnight, is recaptured in Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression.This unforgettable narrative dispels the myths of a hobo existence and reveals the hard stories of a daring generation of…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: T.E.Winter & Sons
Publication date: 10/10/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English