The authors have spent the last decade traveling the country, photographing and documenting the plight of the downtrodden. In 1989, they met Blackie, a hob o who had first set out on the rails in 1928. Blackie had lived on the road f or 60 years, abiding by the hobo code: using good manners with decent people, respecting railroad property, and working when you can. A moving work from Pu litzer Prize-winning authors. 120 photographs.
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The authors have spent the last decade traveling the country, photographing and documenting the plight of the downtrodden. In 1989, they met Blackie, a hob o who had first set out on the rails in 1928. Blackie had lived on the road f or 60 years, abiding by the hobo code: using good manners with decent people, respecting railroad property, and working when you can. A moving work from Pu litzer Prize-winning authors. 120 photographs.
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Very Good. Size: 9x8x1; full number line, hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.
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Photo. Michael Williamson. Near Fine Condition in Very Good jacket. Dust Jacket w/ sticker ghost. Illustrator: Photo. Michael Williamson. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; ISBN: 1559582995. ISBN/EAN: 9781559582995. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10333.
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Photos. VG in VG DJ. Blackie started riding the rails as a boy briefly before the Depression but continued in 1930 when hobos were generally seen. As victims. He later resumed when the country was at the peak of its wealth but then cities began cracking down on the homeless. DJ some wear to edges.
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