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Hobo
Eddy Joe Cotton
Three Rivers Press, 2003
A unique story told by a true poet....
+ its a fun read, dont read much into it
+ Artistic and poetic adventure story
This book is an excellent introduction to an american institution known as hoboing or "riding the rails." In it a young man recounts his experiences hopping freight trains in the western U.S. The stories he relates are very interesting and from the heart. From things like avoiding the "bulls" ...
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Hopping Freight Trains in America
Duffy Littlejohn
Sand River Press, 1993
Invaluable for the Freight Hopper
+ Must have for any Adventurer
+ helpful book, living proof
Littlejohn's book is an ideal gateway into the world of freight hopping. It is well written. The author's personality & outlook as they come through in the book are encouraging. It is full of advice, both with respect to general things such as the broad makeup & functioning of the railroad ...
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The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Jack Kerouac
Penguin Classics, 2006
Kerouac's best novel
+ Though Not His Best, MY Favorite
+ It's Kerouac...
If you're new to Jack Kerouac, this might be the place to start. Many people's first introduction to Kerouac is On The Road. While I love On The Road, I've read pretty much all of Kerouac's novels, and I have to say that The Dharma Bums is my favorite.
Indeed, I loved the book enough to write a ...
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Lonesome Traveler (Kerouac, Jack)
Jack Kerouac
Grove Press, 1994
The Idealistic Lope to Freedom
+ Travels with Jack Kerouac
+ Skipping the Central Bop Prosody Silliness, the Rest is Pure Talent
+ Lonesome Traveler is a completely unique experience
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Riding the Rails
James San Jule; Arvel 'Sunshine' Pearson; Rene Champion; Richard Thomas; Peggy De Hart; John Fawcett (II); Charley Bull; Clarence Lee; Jim Mitchell; Bob 'Guitar Whitey' Symmonds; C.R. 'Tiny' Boland
WGBH BOSTON, 2003
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE DEPRESSION -- BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TEEN HOBOS?
+ Starlight On The Rails
+ Great of Teenagers
+ Very Insightful
+ Riding the Rails
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Catching out: A Film About Trainhopping and Living Free
Switch, Baby Girl
Microcinema, 2008
Not what I expected, but in a good way!
+ Hobo culture in the 21st century
+ Makes you question your own life and choices
+ the call of wanderlust
+ Hop a ride with "Catching Out"
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Emperor of the North
Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine
20th Century Fox, 2006
Awesome Movie
+ No Planes, Just Trains and Action
+ Railroad fans rejoice!
+ THIS MASTERPIECE DESERVES TO BE REMEMBERED
+ The Emperor Of The North
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Who Is Bozo Texino? The Secret History of Hobo Graffiti
Bill Daniel, Coaltrain
Bill Daniel, 2007
Hobos and Their Logos
+ Mesmerizing
+ Midnite Special, Please Shine Your Light on Me...
+ Independent filmmaking at its best
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Bound for Glory
David Carradine, Ronny Cox
MGM (Video & DVD), 2000
bound for glory
+ Good acting job on a not very likable personality
+ Depression Era Story Falls Short As Musical Biography
+ Bound for Glory
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The Road
Jack London
Hard Press, 2006
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Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes
Ted Conover
Vintage, 2001
Livin' with Hobos, I liked it.
+ Outstanding Ethnographic Debut
+ An adventure on the rails
+ An eye-opener
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Done and Been: Steel Rail Chronicles of American Hobos
Gypsy Moon
Indiana University Press, 1996
THIS STORY TELLING LADY IS A TRAMP
"If you ever see a shooting star cross the path of the moon, it becomes a gypsy moon. Every time you see it after that, you want to wander."
Those words, spoken to Jacqueline K.Schmidt by an old-time hobo, help to explain why Schmidt, a former executive director of the Indiana Transportation ...
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You Can't Win
Jack Black
www.bnpublishing.com, 2007
It's a man's, man's world
+ Nobody's read this book and everybody should.
+ Well written and historically interesting.
+ beautiful life and piece of literature
+ You Can't Win
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Transient Ways
Jessica Erica Hahn
Passing Through, 2002
This book is the [best]! ...
Seriously scintilating descriptions of a punk|post-modern hardscrabble scraping-by life along the abandoned railroad rights-of-way, written in a no-holds-barred first-hand narrative account. A rare lucid insider's viewpoint of the outsiders world, painfully reminiscent of Jack Black's _You Can't ...
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I'm Not There (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Christian Bale, David Cross
Weinstein Company, 2008
Another excellent film from Todd Haynes
+ This movie will endure
I knew nothing about Bob Dylan going in to this film. I don't particularly like the songs of Bob Dylan, save for a few of them. However, this film has encouraged me to explore more of his music, and I even did a little research after the film ended. This film basically explores Bob Dylan at ...
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