Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes

InTedConover'sfirstbook,nowbackinprint,heentersasegmentofhumanityoutsidesocietyandreportsbackonaworldfewofuswouldchosetoenterbutaboutwhichweareallcurious.HoboesfascinatedConover,buthehadonlyencounteredtheminliteratureandfolksongs.So,hedecidedtotakeayearoffandridetherails.Equippedwithrummage-storeclothing,abedroll,andafewotherbelongings,hehopsafreighttraininSt.Louis,becomingatrampinordertodiscovertheirpeculiarculture.Themenandwomenhemeetsalongthewayarebyturnsgenerousandmistrusting,resourcefulanddesperate,philosophicalandprofoundlycynical.Andthenarrativehecreatesofhistravelswiththemisunforgettableandmoving.