Hoboes : bindlestiffs, fruit tramps, and the harvesting of the West
2010, Stated First Edition. New York : Hill and Wang. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages; Description: 336 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Subject: Tramps -- West (U.S.) -- History. Migrant labor -- West (U.S.) -- History. West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890. Summary: A revisionist history of the American West traces how the railroad led to new agricultural opportunities, including the migrations of innumerable harvest workers who contributed to the region's settlement and fledgling economy. Item #208282
Price: €9.95