print email comment close Riding the Rails URL: http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_07.html Description: Brief essay about the "more than two million men and perhaps 8,000 women [who] became hoboes" during the Great Depression. Includes illustrations, a short list of people who rode the rails and later became famous, and an oral history from one man who became a hobo during this period. From Wessels Living History Farm, a project devoted to the history of American agriculture. Author: Ganzel, Bill Publisher: Wessels Living History Farm Extra Keywords Nebraska LII Database Information: Record 24206 created by Jennifer English on 07/27/2007 Last modification on 08/01/2007 Published: 08/02/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24206