Riding the rails
Rogues and vagabonds
United states, economic conditions, 1918-1945
Tramps
United states, social conditions, 1865-1945
Depressions, 1929
Youth, conduct of life
Poor children
Depressions
Teenagers
Economic conditions
History
At the height of the Great Depression, two hundred and fifty thousand teenage hoboes were roaming America. Some left home because they felt they were a burden to their families; some fled homes shattered by the shame of unemployment and poverty; some left because it seemed a great adventure. By sum…
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