Tales of an American Hobo (Singular Lives)
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (992 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0877452520 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 252 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He died in 1994. Charlie Fox spent most of his adult life traveling in the United States, Mexico, and Canada as a hobo.
This work is a lasting legacy to conventional society, teaching about a bygone era of American history and a rare breed of humanity who chose to live by the rails and on the road.
From Publishers Weekly This mosaic of memoriespk from the author's years riding the rails echo belies the stereotype of the hobo as an unshaven, ignorant bum. Taken as a whole, however, the book is a lively picture pk of an unjustly neglected part of American culture. Like most of the hobo autobiographies that have survived, it dates from the period 1880-1940, when these migratory men and women were a common sight on America's roads and railways. His evocative anecdotes, which read as though they were being told to a group of friends, range from a narrow escape from a crazed killer to a visit with "Soup Bean Annie," who fed every passing hobo, hoping that some day one of them would be the husband who left h
"Hobo life" according to Amazon Customer. Charles book is very interesting and adventurous.. A Customer said Tales of An American Hobo review. Tales of an American Hobo was a collection of short stories about the life of a Hobo. This book taught me a lot of lessons in life one being, "Treat everyone with the respect that you would liked to be treated with." The hobo in this book was always disrespected and discriminated against in his life. The cops in the towns that he traveled to would tell him to leave and never come back. They didn't even give him a chance to start over and get his life going. He meet some nice people on his journey. He was as kind as possible to them and never took more than he would need to survive. There were the other people who tricked him into thinking. Theolinda Foster said Interesting reading. A look at the side of life only certain types of people can survive in and be happy too. I envy them their freedom to travel where and when they want to go but it is also a very hard life with pit falls and even danger at most turns. Things are different now than they were in the Interesting reading A look at the side of life only certain types of people can survive in and be happy too. I envy them their freedom to travel where and when they want to go but it is also a very hard life with pit falls and even danger at most turns. Things are different now than they were in the 30's - 50-s, there are no longer any "true" hobos. Just check out Britt, Iowa where the annual Hobo Days" are celebrated every August and you will learn all you want to know about Hobos and their ways of life. This book though is interesting and worth buying.. 0's - 50-s, there are no longer any "true" hobos. Just check out Britt, Iowa where the annual Hobo Days" are celebrated every August and you will learn all you want to know about Hobos and their ways of life. This book though is interesting and worth buying.