توضیحاتی در مورد کتاب Riding the rails: teenagers on the move during the Great Depression
نام کتاب : Riding the rails: teenagers on the move during the Great Depression
عنوان ترجمه شده به فارسی : سوار بر ریل: نوجوانان در حال حرکت در دوران رکود بزرگ
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نویسندگان : Uys. Errol Lincoln, Errol. Linco Uys
ناشر : Routledge
سال نشر : 2003
تعداد صفحات : 309
ISBN (شابک) : 0415945755 , 1942002092
زبان کتاب : English
فرمت کتاب : pdf
حجم کتاب : 12 مگابایت
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Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Dedication......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
An Army of Children on the Loose......Page 12
Rugged Individualists......Page 16
When School Was Out......Page 20
“I Knew I’d Made a Mistake”......Page 25
The Wrong Side of the Tracks......Page 28
In Harm’s Way......Page 29
Bitter Harvest......Page 35
A New Deal for Youth......Page 37
Camelot Crashed and Burned......Page 42
There Was Never Any Money......Page 46
Go Fend for Yourself......Page 48
Scenery Bums......Page 52
Boxcar Girls......Page 54
Hopping Their First Freight......Page 57
John Fawcett......Page 62
Arvel Pearson......Page 75
Phoebe Eaton Dehart......Page 82
Face into the Wind......Page 90
Fellow Travelers......Page 92
Danger Ahead......Page 94
“See America First—Travel by Rail”......Page 100
Black Road Kids......Page 102
The Bulls......Page 105
René Champion......Page 110
Clarence Lee......Page 118
Tiny Boland......Page 124
About the Photographs......Page 130
Hitting the Stem......Page 168
Hoover’s Prodigal Children......Page 169
Hungry Times......Page 172
“Hallelujah, I’m a Bum”......Page 174
The Kindness of Strangers......Page 177
Have Pity on the Boy......Page 182
A Good Place for a Handout......Page 186
Mean Streets......Page 191
In the Jailhouse......Page 192
Bughouse Hotel......Page 197
The Jungle......Page 199
James San Jule......Page 204
Jan van Heé......Page 210
Clydia Williams......Page 219
The Way Out......Page 223
Looking for Work......Page 224
Fire Fighters......Page 226
Keep on Moving......Page 228
For Richer, For Poorer......Page 231
Vagrant Ambition......Page 232
Harvest Tramps......Page 235
Cotton Pickers......Page 238
The Tree Army......Page 243
The Last Ride......Page 246
End of an Era......Page 248
A Rite of Passage......Page 250
Lessons of the Road......Page 253
Charley Bull......Page 258
Jim Mitchell......Page 266
Robert Symmonds......Page 274
Introduction......Page 279
Catching Out......Page 283
John Fawcett......Page 285
Hard Travelin’......Page 286
Hitting the Stem......Page 288
Clydia Williams......Page 291
The Way Out......Page 292
Robert Symmonds......Page 295
Acknowledgments......Page 296
About the Author......Page 298
Index......Page 300
توضیحاتی در مورد کتاب به زبان اصلی :
During the Great Depression, more than 250,000 teenagers left their homes and hopped freight trains crisscrossing the United States. They were looking for work and adventure; some wanted to leave their homes, and some had to. They grew up in speeding boxcars, living in hobo jungles, begging on the streets, and running from the police and club-wielding railroad guards.
The restless youth of these boxcar boys and girls, many who went from 'middle-class gentility to dirt poor' overnight, is recaptured in Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression. Whether as runaways or with blessings of parents, these boys and girls hit the road and went in search of a better life.
Illustrated with rare archival photos and drawing primarily on letters and oral histories of three thousand men and women who hopped freight trains, Riding the Rails brings to life a neglected saga of America in the 1930s. Self-reliance, compassion, frugality, and a love of freedom and country are at the heart of the lessons these teens learned. At journey's end, the resilience of these survivors is a testament of the indomitable strength of the human spirit.