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Diary Of A Hobo

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Author : Bill Jodrey
language : en
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Release Date : 2002-01

Diary Of A Hobo written by Bill Jodrey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Bill Jodrey was 19 years old when he realized what a burden he was on his family. It was 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression. On the spur of the moment Jodrey decided to hitchhike and hobo his way across the country with $20 in his pocket and no preconceived notions of what to expect. A good listener, he has a ready smile that makes him quick to like. Throughout his journey people of all ages, sexes and walks of life would open up to him. Much of what he writes in Diary of a Hobo is their story. It also is history--and his story, filled with the unexpected that included: · Surprisingly warm acceptance by most people along the way. · A few stays in jail. · Accidents and tragedies, including the near-beheading and death of a young boy. · A sudden sexual encounter. · Several jam sessions with him at the harmonica in freight cars or in hobo camps. · Several religious experiences. · The demeaning necessity of begging for food. · Two heart-rending encounters with parents who had lost sons his age. At age 84, mostly to keep a friend company, Jodrey became part of one of the earliest online community publishing groups. They called themselves the SilverStringers, because all were senior citizens, and they have been publishing the Melrose Mirror monthly since 1996 at http://silverstringer.media.mit.edu with the assistance of the MIT Media Laboratory. Jodrey tried his hand at a short story about a hobo episode, accompanied by a charming sketch, and got such a reaction that he wrote another and another and another. It was suggested he write a book. At age 86, he started and completed this 28-chapter book. (Sketch by Bill Jodrey) Humor is a natural part of Jodrey and of his stories, reflecting encounters with people, animals and insects along the way. Jodrey's smooth, understated style is well suited to telling the little-heard human, poignant side of the Great Depression. People who took to the roads and rails in the early 1930's generally did so out of necessity, as was the case with Jodrey. They had no jobs at home, and their families had no means to feed them. So they struck out, hoping to find better circumstances somewhere, anywhere. Hoboes later in the 30's tended to be a different breed: ruffians, radicals, prostitutes and misfits. The numbers swelled from thousands in Jodrey's time to as many as 1.5 million in the US only a few years later. People who met hoboes along the way often tended to empathize with them, Jodrey found. These people knew they could be in the same boat. Hoboes generally were treated with more openness and kindness than today's homeless. The non-hobo often was fascinated by what he or she perceived as the hobo's romantic lifestyle. The stories in this book are real. They are not overstated. They are a lens through which a little-told side of the Depression story is related, not from Wall Street, but from the highways and the byways of cities and small towns, from the prairies and the hills, in the diners and at the churches, in private homes, automobiles, trucks and freight cars. It is an uplifting depiction of a time when compassion was more than a word in a slogan. It is storytelling in the best sense of the tradition, because we learn so much by sharing in what Jodrey saw, heard and felt. What follows is a synopsis of chapters in Diary of a Hobo. CHAPTER 1 Jodrey discovers he has wanderlust at age 5. This chapter describes Jodrey's personality as a young man, including his love of the outdoors and of trains, and provides a couple of tantalizing stories about his later life as a hobo. CHAPTER 2 The youngest of seven, he tells of life growing up in a small city north of Boston. It's of fond memories and hard work until the realization comes at age 19 that he is a burden to his parents who can barely makes ends meet because of the Depression. CHAPTER 3 Jodrey gets a ride with two friends to Washington

Jack London On The Road

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Author : Jack London
language : en
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Release Date : 1979

Jack London On The Road written by Jack London and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Literary Criticism categories.

As Jack joined Kelly's Industrial Army in 1894 starting in Oakland, CA and headed for Washington, DC; he wrote of his travels while on the road. He recorded his experiences and thinking. America was changing dramatically as it headed into the 20th Century. This collection includes the complete Tramp diary, as well as essays, short stories and a poem about his days as a hobo.

Jack London On The Road

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Author : Jack London
language : en
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Release Date : 1987

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The Hobo Diaries

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Author : Stephen C. Propes
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2011-04-01

The Hobo Diaries written by Stephen C. Propes and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-01 with History categories.

After his birth in 1912, my father Clarence Bernard Propes grew up in Nickerson, Kansas, where his father ran a general store. The death of his father and older half brother Robert to the Spanish Flu destroyed the family's economic base. The Great Depression finished any chance of a regular future for this boy, who had already been forced to quit school in the 8th grade. In the 1930s, my father rode the rails and wrote about it. In 1939 or so, he ended up in Berkeley, met and married my mother, Aileen Williams, who was attending the University of California. All illustrations by Clarence B. Propes except for cover, which is by Aileen W. Propes

Diary Of Two Motorcycle Hobos

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Author : Lois Wilson
language : en
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Release Date : 1998-01-01

Diary Of Two Motorcycle Hobos written by Lois Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with East (U.S.) categories.

I Never Asked To Be The World S Best Hobo But Here I Am Absolutely Crushing It

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Author : Jobs Publishing
language : en
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Release Date : 2019-12-25

I Never Asked To Be The World S Best Hobo But Here I Am Absolutely Crushing It written by Jobs Publishing and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-25 with categories.

Notebook Stylish Journal has College Ruled Paper, with 120 pages, measuring at 6 x 9'. This Composition Notebook has a Matte, Sturdy Paperback Cover, perfect bound, for a beautiful look and feel. - Classic notebooks are perfect notebooks for writing journals, a daily diary, or note taking in college classes or meetings. Notebooks are beloved by travelers & bullet journalists for their slim design. - Exercise your happiness daily with a diary for gratitude filled with motivational quotes. - Original Design great gift idea for FANS

Jack London The Road

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Author : Jack London
language : en
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Release Date : 2020-10-09

Jack London The Road written by Jack London and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-09 with categories.

The Road is an autobiographical memoir by Jack London, first published in 1907. It is London's account of his experiences as a hobo in the 1890s, during the worst economic depression the United States had experienced up to that time.Includes a biography of the author.

Encyclopedia Of Homelessness

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Author : David Levinson
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2004-06-21

Encyclopedia Of Homelessness written by David Levinson and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-21 with Political Science categories.

A readerʼs guide is provided to assist readers in locating entries on related topics. It classifies entries into 14 general categories: Causes, Cities, Demography and Characteristics, Health issues, History, Housing, Legal issues, Advocacy and policy, Lifestyle issues, Organizations, Perceptions of homelessness, Populations, Research, Service systems and settings, World perspectives and issues.

Citizen Hobo

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Author : Todd DePastino
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-03-15

Citizen Hobo written by Todd DePastino and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-15 with History categories.

In the years following the Civil War, a veritable army of homeless men swept across America's "wageworkers' frontier" and forged a beguiling and bedeviling counterculture known as "hobohemia." Celebrating unfettered masculinity and jealously guarding the American road as the preserve of white manhood, hoboes took command of downtown districts and swaggered onto center stage of the new urban culture. Less obviously, perhaps, they also staked their own claims on the American polity, claims that would in fact transform the very entitlements of American citizenship. In this eye-opening work of American history, Todd DePastino tells the epic story of hobohemia's rise and fall, and crafts a stunning new interpretation of the "American century" in the process. Drawing on sources ranging from diaries, letters, and police reports to movies and memoirs, Citizen Hobo breathes life into the largely forgotten world of the road, but it also, crucially, shows how the hobo army so haunted the American body politic that it prompted the creation of an entirely new social order and political economy. DePastino shows how hoboes—with their reputation as dangers to civilization, sexual savages, and professional idlers—became a cultural and political force, influencing the creation of welfare state measures, the promotion of mass consumption, and the suburbanization of America. Citizen Hobo's sweeping retelling of American nationhood in light of enduring struggles over "home" does more than chart the change from "homelessness" to "houselessness." In its breadth and scope, the book offers nothing less than an essential new context for thinking about Americans' struggles against inequality and alienation.

Vagabonds Tramps And Hobos

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Author : Owen Clayton
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2023-07-31

Vagabonds Tramps And Hobos written by Owen Clayton and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-31 with Literary Criticism categories.

The most enduring version of the hobo that has come down from the so-called 'Golden Age of Tramping' (1890s to 1940s) is an American cultural icon, signifying freedom from restraint and rebellion to the established order while reinforcing conservative messages about American exceptionalism, individualism, race, and gender. Vagabonds, Tramps, and Hobos shows that this 'pioneer hobo' image is a misrepresentation by looking at works created by transient artists and thinkers, including travel literature, fiction, memoir, early feminist writing, poetry, sociology, political journalism, satire, and music. This book explores the diversity of meanings that accrue around 'the hobo' and 'the tramp'. It is the first analysis to frame transiency within a nineteenth-century literary tradition of the vagabond, a figure who attempts to travel without money. This book provide new ways for scholars to think about the activity and representation of US transiency.