Rolling Nowhere - (Vintage Departures) by Ted Conover (Paperback)
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Highlights
- In Ted Conover's first book, now back in print, he enters a segment of humanity outside society and reports back on a world few of us would chose to enter but about which we are all curious.
- About the Author: Ted Conover is the author most recently of the National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing.
- 304 Pages
- Social Science, Poverty & Homelessness
- Series Name: Vintage Departures
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About the Book
In Conover's first book, he enters a segment of humanity outside society and reports back on a world few would choose to enter. Equipped with rummage-store clothing, a bedroll, and a few other belongings, he hops a freight train in St. Louis, becoming a tramp in order to discover their peculiar culture.Book Synopsis
In Ted Conover's first book, now back in print, he enters a segment of humanity outside society and reports back on a world few of us would chose to enter but about which we are all curious. Hoboes fascinated Conover, but he had only encountered them in literature and folksongs. So, he decided to take a year off and ride the rails. Equipped with rummage-store clothing, a bedroll, and a few other belongings, he hops a freight train in St. Louis, becoming a tramp in order to discover their peculiar culture. The men and women he meets along the way are by turns generous and mistrusting, resourceful and desperate, philosophical and profoundly cynical. And the narrative he creates of his travels with them is unforgettable and moving.Review Quotes
"Vivid, sensitive... this always compelling odyssey explains life beyond the pale of comfort."
--Los Angeles Times "Rolling Nowhere is so vivid that every few pages the urge to clack the dust from one's own clothes is almost irresistible."
--The New York Times Book Review
About the Author
Ted Conover is the author most recently of the National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing. He lives in New York City.Dimensions (Overall): 8.31 Inches (H) x 4.89 Inches (W) x .65 Inches (D)
Weight: .49 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Poverty & Homelessness
Series Title: Vintage Departures
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Ted Conover
Language: English
Street Date: September 11, 2001
TCIN: 89977790
UPC: 9780375727863
Item Number (DPCI): 247-00-0202
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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