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Cliff (Oats) Williams

One More Train to Ride

The Underground World of Modern American Hoboes

Cliff (Oats) Williams

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English
Indiana University Press
18 September 2009
Railway transport industries
Drawn from intimate interviews with 14 modern-day ""steel rail nomads,"" ""One More Train to Ride"" provides a revealing picture of today's American hobo. Interspersed with their stories are original poems and songs echoing the ancient lyricism and loneliness of life on the road. Their connections with the past make the experiences of these hoboes even more striking, as they ride freight trains and jungle up in hobo camps, light years away from the 21st-century cyberworld - yet touching the very core of American freedom and individualism. Cliff Williams skillfully elicits details of family background, motives, and clear insights into the daily life and philosophy of the modern hobo. With its evocative link to the past, ""One More Train to Ride"" continues a long tradition of books on hobo oral history, including Nels Anderson's ""The Hobo"" (1923) and Thomas Minehan's ""Boy and Girl Tramps of America"" (1934).
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Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   292g
ISBN:   9780253216526
ISBN 10:   0253216524
Pages:   184
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified

Cliff Williams (Oats) has been a ""hobo at heart"" since 1990, when he attended his first National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa. He chose his hobo moniker because he eats rolled oats with milk and honey for breakfast. In his other life, Williams teaches philosophy at Trinity College in Illinois. He is author of Free Will and Determinism: A Dialogue, which recently went into its ninth printing. He lives in Deerfield, Illinois.

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