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When the railroad stretched its steel rails across the American West in the 1870s, it opened up a vast expanse of territory. Agriculture followed the railroads, making way for Kansas wheat and Colorado sugar beets and Washington apples. With this industry came an unavoidable need for harvest workers. This work portrays the lives of these hoboes.

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"Eye-opening, even for students and scholars familiar with the history of hoboes in agriculture from the end of the Civil War to the 1920s... Hoboes moves ahead with energy and clarity. There are wonderful anecdotes throughout." (JONAH RASKIN, San Francisco Chronicle)"

Hoboes Bindlestiffs Fruit Tramps and the Harvesting of the West by Mark Wyman Jul2011

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      Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/04/2011
      ISBN13: 9780809054916, 978-0809054916
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      Economic history History of the Americas

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      When the railroad stretched its steel rails across the American West in the 1870s, it opened up a vast expanse of territory. Agriculture followed the railroads, making way for Kansas wheat and Colorado sugar beets and Washington apples. With this industry came an unavoidable need for harvest workers. This work portrays the lives of these hoboes.

      Trade Review
      "Eye-opening, even for students and scholars familiar with the history of hoboes in agriculture from the end of the Civil War to the 1920s... Hoboes moves ahead with energy and clarity. There are wonderful anecdotes throughout." (JONAH RASKIN, San Francisco Chronicle)"

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