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This story results from a longtime personal fascination with the hobo culture as a lifestyle choice, and fits within a general genre or catalog within my 42-year print media career's focus on under-served and unrecognized individuals who have such…

Reproduction of article written about "Hood River Blackie's" life hoboing.

Article on the history of hoboing. Date unknown.

Article featuring the 2018 convention in Britt, Iowa.

Article featuring information about hoboing.

Article on the 1972 convention in Britt, Iowa.

Book dedicated to documenting hobo history and culture. Britt, Iowa featured. Created in partnership with the Hobo Museum in Britt.

M.A. thesis titled "Labor's Unsettled Vagrancy: The Rise and Fall of thee Hobo Labor Movement, 1865-1929". Written by Laura Carpenter.

Feature of the Hobo Convention in 2018 in Artful Living Magazine. Photography by Lee Snyder and article written by Marguerite Happe.

Article discussing the significance of the railroads and the role of the hobo.