Citizen hobo : how a century of homelessness shaped America / by DePastino, Todd

Table of Contents: “…The politics of hobohemia: Organizing the main stem ; "The song of the jungles" -- "A civilization without homes": Reforming the main stem ; "The hotel spirit" ; The comic tramp -- pt. 3. Resettling the hobo army, 1920-1980. The decline and fall of hobohemia: The closing of the wageworker's frontier ; Contesting hobohemia -- Forgotten men: A New Deal for the American homeless ; Folklores of homelessness -- Coming home: The decline and fall of skid row ; Dharma bums and easy riders -- pt. 4. …”
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The well-dressed hobo : the many wondrous adventures of a man who loves trains / by Loving, Rush

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Tales of an American hobo / by Fox, Charles Elmer

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Introduction; Tales of an American Hobo; Hoboes; Becoming a Hobo; The Denver Suit; Hitting the Cow at Lebec; Klamath Indians at the Dam; The Jews In The Roadside Park; Swimming in the Ocean in Oregon; End of Steel At Prince George; Stealing the Burritos At Midway; Mungo Shaving the Tramp; Bacon Butts; The First Ogden Fiasco; From St. …”
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Harry Partch, hobo composer / by Granade, S. Andrew

Table of Contents: “…The hobo in Partch's early life and aesthetic -- Interlude 1 : transients and migrants -- The transient journey -- Bitter music -- A knight of the road -- Interlude 2 : hoboes -- U.S. highball : becoming a musical hobo -- A newsboy letter -- Trading on a hobo image -- The strangest kind of hobo.…”
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Harry Partch, hobo composer / by Granade, S. Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: to sound American -- The hobo in Partch's early life and aesthetic -- Interlude 1 : transients and migrants -- The transient journey -- Bitter music -- A knight of the road -- Interlude 2 : hoboes -- U.S. highball : becoming a musical hobo -- A newsboy letter -- Trading on a hobo image -- The strangest kind of hobo -- Epilogue: to be American.…”
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Hard travellin'; the hobo and his history. by Allsop, Kenneth, 1920-1973

Knights of the road : a hobo history / by Bruns, Roger

Boxcar politics : the hobo in U.S. culture and literature, 1869-1956 / by Lennon, John., 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Views from the boxcar: a historical and theoretical framing of boxcar politics -- The cramped boxcar: Jack London and Kelly's industrial army -- The polyphonic boxcar: the hobo in Jim Tully's Beggars of life -- The radicalized boxcar: hobos, the "speech of the people," and John Dos Passos's U.S.A -- The interracial boxcar: Scottsboro, the great Depression, and wild boys of the road -- The spiritual boxcar: lostness in on the road and the end of the political hobo -- Afterword: the end of boxcar politics.…”

On the fly! : hobo literature and songs, 1879-1941 /

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Boxcar politics : the hobo in U.S. culture and literature, 1869/1956 / by Lennon, John, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Views from the boxcar: a historical and theoretical framing of boxcar politics -- The cramped boxcar: Jack London and Kelly's industrial army -- The polyphonic boxcar: the hobo in Jim Tully's Beggars of life -- The radicalized boxcar: hobos, the "speech of the people," and John Dos Passos's U.S.A -- The interracial boxcar: Scottsboro, the great Depression, and wild boys of the road -- The spiritual boxcar: lostness in on the road and the end of the political hobo -- Afterword: the end of boxcar politics.…”
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Soapbox rebellion : the Hobo Orator union and the free speech fights of the industrial workers of the world, 1909-1916 / by May, Matthew Scott

Soapbox rebellion : the Hobo Orator union and the free speech fights of the Industrial Workers of the World, 1909-1916 / by May, Matthew S.

“…Hobo Orator union and the free speech fights of the industrial workers of the world, 1909-1916…”
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One More Train to Ride : The Underground World of Modern American Hoboes. by Williams, Cliff (Oats)

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What's the use of walking if there's a freight train going your way? : black hoboes & their songs : profusely illustrated / by Garon, Paul, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Origins of the hobo --…”
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Gone to the country /

Table of Contents: “…Hello John D -- Grey cat on the Tennessee farm -- Liza Jane -- Buck dancer's choice -- Long lonesome road -- Danville girl -- Tom Sherman's bar room -- Little glass of wine -- Sinking in the lonesome sea -- Riding on that train 45 -- Wild and western hobo -- Pretty little miss out in the garden -- Rambler's blues -- She tickles me -- The little carpenter -- Down South blues -- Ain't no bugs on me.…”
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Cowboy ballads ; 900 miles : and other R.R. songs /

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Twisted laurel : Merchants lunch /

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A Vision shared

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Give us your poor.

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The Chicago School diaspora : epistemology and substance / by Bowden, Gary Lee, 1953-, Low, Jacqueline, 1964-

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