Tramp1986

Dust jacket notes: The hobo traversing America in a rolling box-car has become a mythological figure, known to most of us only through old newsreels and the songs of Woody Guthrie. In Tramp, author Will Thomas clothes this figure in flesh and blood, introducing the reader to life as really experienced by the men who rode the rails during the thirties. Through the eyes of his hero, Will, Mr. Thomas show us America during the Great Depression-the soup lines, the hard times, and the transients, roaming from town to town in search of work, a quick handout, or just plain adventure. Traveling by rail from his home in Milwaukee to many western states and back again, Will encounters a variety of characters, from hopeful young hoboes to toughs who prey on the helpless flotsam and jetsam of society....