Download or read book The Hobo Diaries written by Holly Nadler and published by Ozark Mountain Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can idyll for decades on a gorgeous island, comfy, safe and warm, immersed like a Medieval mystic on a life-long spiritual path, and all of a sudden it feels as if you’ve been dumped on a water slide with a sign that reads: This life is out of your price range, sweetheart! Splash!! . . Where ya gonna live? In the spring of 2018 writer / reporter Holly Nadler gave up her year-round apartment on Martha’s Vineyard even as everyone cried out, “Don’t do it! You’ll never find another one!” And they were right! Follow her around the Vineyard with her dear old thug of a Boston terrier as she lodges in a lilac-walled cottage which is enchanting except for the fact that it has no running water. After that come several seasons with her impossible and dementing 98 year-old mother in Palm Desert CA, a month in Edinburgh where she’s banished from a retreat on the Holy Isle, then back on the Vineyard for what she comes to think of as another Summer of Discombobulation. Is it possible to be a hobo and be happy? Well, yeah, as long as you can make people laugh as you write about it. And does it help redefine your spiritual path? Well, sure, because you’re a life-long seeker, and you’ll never lose sight of the Divine . . . see it? It’s just around the next bend in the road. Or the next one?
Download or read book The Hobo Diaries written by Holly Nadler and published by Ozark Mountain Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can idle for decades on a gorgeous island--comfy, safe, and warm--immersed like a Medieval mystic on a life-long spiritual path, and all of a sudden it feels as if you've been dumped on a water slide with a sign that reads: This life is out of your price range, sweetheart! Splash!! . . . Where ya gonna live? In the spring of 2018, writer/reporter Holly Nadler gave up her year-round apartment on Martha's Vineyard, even as everyone cried out, "Don't do it! You'll never find another one!" And they were right! Follow her around the Vineyard with her dear old thug of a Boston terrier as she lodges in a lilac-walled cottage, which is enchanting except for the fact that it has no running water. After that come several seasons with her impossible and dementing 98-year-old mother in Palm Desert, California; a month in Edinburgh, where she's banished from a retreat on the Holy Isle; then back on the Vineyard for what she comes to think of as another Summer of Discombobulation. Is it possible to be a hobo and be happy? Well, yeah, as long as you can make people laugh as you write about it. And does it help redefine your spiritual path? Well, sure, because you're a lifelong seeker, and you'll never lose sight of the Divine . . . see it? It's just around the next bend in the road. Or the next one?
Download or read book The Hobo Diaries written by Stephen C. Propes and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After his birth in 1912, my father Clarence Bernard Propes grew up in Nickerson, Kansas, where his father ran a general store. The death of his father and older half brother Robert to the Spanish Flu destroyed the family's economic base. The Great Depression finished any chance of a regular future for this boy, who had already been forced to quit school in the 8th grade. In the 1930s, my father rode the rails and wrote about it. In 1939 or so, he ended up in Berkeley, met and married my mother, Aileen Williams, who was attending the University of California. All illustrations by Clarence B. Propes except for cover, which is by Aileen W. Propes
Download or read book Diary of a Hobo written by Bill Jodrey and published by . This book was released on 2002-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Jodrey was 19 years old when he realized what a burden he was on his family. It was 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression. On the spur of the moment Jodrey decided to hitchhike and hobo his way across the country with $20 in his pocket and no preconceived notions of what to expect. A good listener, he has a ready smile that makes him quick to like. Throughout his journey people of all ages, sexes and walks of life would open up to him. Much of what he writes in Diary of a Hobo is their story. It also is history--and his story, filled with the unexpected that included: · Surprisingly warm acceptance by most people along the way. · A few stays in jail. · Accidents and tragedies, including the near-beheading and death of a young boy. · A sudden sexual encounter. · Several jam sessions with him at the harmonica in freight cars or in hobo camps. · Several religious experiences. · The demeaning necessity of begging for food. · Two heart-rending encounters with parents who had lost sons his age. At age 84, mostly to keep a friend company, Jodrey became part of one of the earliest online community publishing groups. They called themselves the SilverStringers, because all were senior citizens, and they have been publishing the Melrose Mirror monthly since 1996 at http://silverstringer.media.mit.edu with the assistance of the MIT Media Laboratory. Jodrey tried his hand at a short story about a hobo episode, accompanied by a charming sketch, and got such a reaction that he wrote another and another and another. It was suggested he write a book. At age 86, he started and completed this 28-chapter book. (Sketch by Bill Jodrey) Humor is a natural part of Jodrey and of his stories, reflecting encounters with people, animals and insects along the way. Jodrey's smooth, understated style is well suited to telling the little-heard human, poignant side of the Great Depression. People who took to the roads and rails in the early 1930's generally did so out of necessity, as was the case with Jodrey. They had no jobs at home, and their families had no means to feed them. So they struck out, hoping to find better circumstances somewhere, anywhere. Hoboes later in the 30's tended to be a different breed: ruffians, radicals, prostitutes and misfits. The numbers swelled from thousands in Jodrey's time to as many as 1.5 million in the US only a few years later. People who met hoboes along the way often tended to empathize with them, Jodrey found. These people knew they could be in the same boat. Hoboes generally were treated with more openness and kindness than today's homeless. The non-hobo often was fascinated by what he or she perceived as the hobo's romantic lifestyle. The stories in this book are real. They are not overstated. They are a lens through which a little-told side of the Depression story is related, not from Wall Street, but from the highways and the byways of cities and small towns, from the prairies and the hills, in the diners and at the churches, in private homes, automobiles, trucks and freight cars. It is an uplifting depiction of a time when compassion was more than a word in a slogan. It is storytelling in the best sense of the tradition, because we learn so much by sharing in what Jodrey saw, heard and felt. What follows is a synopsis of chapters in Diary of a Hobo. CHAPTER 1 Jodrey discovers he has wanderlust at age 5. This chapter describes Jodrey's personality as a young man, including his love of the outdoors and of trains, and provides a couple of tantalizing stories about his later life as a hobo. CHAPTER 2 The youngest of seven, he tells of life growing up in a small city north of Boston. It's of fond memories and hard work until the realization comes at age 19 that he is a burden to his parents who can barely makes ends meet because of the Depression. CHAPTER 3 Jodrey gets a ride with two friends to Washington
Download or read book Jack London The Road written by Jack London and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Road is an autobiographical memoir by Jack London, first published in 1907. It is London's account of his experiences as a hobo in the 1890s, during the worst economic depression the United States had experienced up to that time.Includes a biography of the author.
Download or read book Citizen Hobo written by Todd DePastino and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years following the Civil War, a veritable army of homeless men swept across America's "wageworkers' frontier" and forged a beguiling and bedeviling counterculture known as "hobohemia." Celebrating unfettered masculinity and jealously guarding the American road as the preserve of white manhood, hoboes took command of downtown districts and swaggered onto center stage of the new urban culture. Less obviously, perhaps, they also staked their own claims on the American polity, claims that would in fact transform the very entitlements of American citizenship. In this eye-opening work of American history, Todd DePastino tells the epic story of hobohemia's rise and fall, and crafts a stunning new interpretation of the "American century" in the process. Drawing on sources ranging from diaries, letters, and police reports to movies and memoirs, Citizen Hobo breathes life into the largely forgotten world of the road, but it also, crucially, shows how the hobo army so haunted the American body politic that it prompted the creation of an entirely new social order and political economy. DePastino shows how hoboes—with their reputation as dangers to civilization, sexual savages, and professional idlers—became a cultural and political force, influencing the creation of welfare state measures, the promotion of mass consumption, and the suburbanization of America. Citizen Hobo's sweeping retelling of American nationhood in light of enduring struggles over "home" does more than chart the change from "homelessness" to "houselessness." In its breadth and scope, the book offers nothing less than an essential new context for thinking about Americans' struggles against inequality and alienation.
Download or read book White House Hobo written by James Aldrich and published by . This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young man, James Aldrich was one of those people who stuck his head out of the figurative foxhole one too many times, even to the point of being deemed too unruly to join the Marines. But even then he was just finding his way toward what would become a philosophy of life based upon the concept of freedom and liberty. As he matured, Aldrich continued his quest for freedom, running for elected office in California, trying his hand at jade mining on the Pacific Coast, falling in love with numerous women, and finally getting a job in Washington, D.C., on President Jimmy Carter's re-election campaign. All along he was plagued by an itch to break free from the restrains of society and to travel around America. Disillusioned by politics and materialistic mores, Aldrich decided to shed his belongings and ride the rails. White House Hobo is the true story of his years criss-crossing America by boxcar, living a life of liberty and love on the rails, in the oilfields, and even at mercenary school. Along the way he formulated a philosophy and way of life that could benefit us all.
Download or read book Leaves from a Hobo s Diary Or How to Travel Without Money written by John Robin and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Diaper Diaries written by Abby Gaines and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In truth, philanthropist singleton Tyler Warrington doesn't doempathy—he writes checks. Giving away millions is all part of a planto schmooze into a big-shot government job. So when a baby is left athis doorstep, it's the PR opportunity of a lifetime! One problem: who's going to take care of the diapers and drool untilTyler can track down the thing's mother? It could only be thedo-gooder pediatrician who's been hounding him for funding: BethanyHart.But the sizzling attraction between them is causing cracks in Tyler'sarmor. Is the so-called most caring man in the South actually startingto care?
Download or read book Library Diaries written by Ann Miketa and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author recounts some of the unsettling and unsavory patrons she came across during her fifteen years working in a Midwest public library.
Download or read book Fred Lodge s Diaries written by L/Cpl Frederick Thomas Lodge and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wartime diaries of Fred Lodge underscore his perilous passage through World War 2 including the Dieppe Raid and three years as a POW in Germany. Fred was a quiet, kind, considerate and courageous young Canadian who trained in Canada as an infantry soldier; practiced his military skills in England; waded onshore at Pourville, France on August 19th, 1942; survived intense German gunfire; saw his buddies killed, maimed, indeed slaughtered. Somehow he survived that awful day at Dieppe and was transported to Stalag VIIIB and later to Stalag IIC in eastern Germany. As a POW he was often hungry, bored, shamed, shackled, witnessed summary executions and was forced to participate in a death march in early, 1945. Through it all Fred Lodge was courageous and true to his beliefs no matter what obstacles, temptations or mistreatment came his way. He always did his best and the "right" thing. Fred didn't hate Germans although he had no respect for inhumane NAZI zealots. With the Russian Army fast approaching, Canadian POWs were evacuated westwards in January,1945 in bone-chilling cold and snow. Over four months they were marched west with little food, no warm clothing, little shelter and no reason to think they might survive. However, Fred and most of his fellow POWs did survive and in late April, 1945 they were liberated and returned to England. Somehow Fred Lodge remained the same quiet, kind, considerate and courageous man he was at the beginning. This story, as told by Fred Lodge himself, is a gripping tale. He passed through the hell of war and emerged whole, could you do the same?
Download or read book Leaves From a Hobo s Diary Or How to Travel Without Money microform written by Hobo and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Leaves from a Hobo s Diary Or How to Travel Without Money Etc written by John ROBIN (Traveller.) and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bartender Diaries A Life Fantastic written by Christopher Lento and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-26 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised in the Forrest Hills section of Newark, New Jersey, city life was an inherent part of Christopher Angelo Lento’s experience. While his Family relocated to Hunterdon County, NJ, in his late teens, high school graduation and a brief stint at Rutgers University was nowhere near enough to quench his thirst for adventure. An attempted career in modeling and acting took him around the world, yet the position of bartender and bar manager paid the bills along the way. Relocating to diff erent cities and abroad landed him in Hollywood.. An actor by trade and bartender by night give this barkeeps memoir an edge and truth into the underworld of bartending not seen before. This is the memoir the industry craves, yet doesn’t dare write.
Download or read book The Diaries and Letters of Sir George Jackson written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-04 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original.
Download or read book Mia in the Mix written by Coco Simon and published by Simon Spotlight. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Park Street School, you have the Popular Girls. They even have a Popular Girls Club. But what happens when you aren’t invited to join? Do you start an Unpopular Club? No, you start a Cupcake Club! This second book from The Cupcake Diaries is told through the perspective of Mia. Like the other members of the club, readers will get a chance to know the new girl in school. Mia has never had a problem making friends before. Her motto is to be open and friendly with everyone. However, not everyone at Park Street school believes in mixing in with different groups of friends. When the Popular Girls Club takes interest in Mia's keen fashion sense and decide to recruit her, Mia has to decide between them and the Cupcake Club members. What's a girl to do?
Download or read book Leaves from a Hobo s Diary Or How to Travel Without Money microform written by Hobo and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
