tramps

Draws from the letters and oral histories of three thousand men and women to tell the story of the boxcar boys and girls who left home during the Great Depression in search of jobs or adventure.

A sixteen-year-old boy on a journey of self-discovery meets up with a hobo, claiming to be an Arab, who tells him of his own search for the center of the universe.

During the Great Depression, young Eric leaves his family farm in search of work.

Two old tramps wait on a bare stretch of road near a tree for Godot.

Depicts the author's boyhood on the road visiting cafes and bordellos, relief camps and soup kitchens, railroad yards and hobo jungles in the Depression years.

Drawn from the letters and oral histories of three thousand men and women to tell the story of the boxcar boys and girls who left home during the Great Depression in search of jobs or adventure.

Thirteen-year-old Tucker Freeman, driven from his home in 1932 by his mean, spinster aunt, hops a passing train where he is befriended by Elijah, an elderly African-American man who cares for the boy and convinces him to return home to his mother. Presented in graphic novel form.

After attending the annual "Hobo Convention" in Britt, Iowa, Ted Conover left college to ride the rails for four months.

When the three cousins find some strange symbols carved in an old tree, they start learning about hobo code and in the process learn about the importance of kindness as well.