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Interview with Iowa Blackie

Iowa Blackie has a poem in One More Train to Ride, page 67.Tape 12 - Side B.mp3; cassette tapes digitized by ProVideo Cedar Rapids, 10/23

Tags: culture, history, Iowa Blackie, Oats

An interview with Hobo King Tuck conducted during the 2008 National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa. Tuck describes his train hopping days, including a train he took to Iowa City one year for Thanksgiving. Tuck shares his take on hoboing and why we…

Tags: culture, history, Tuck

Interview with Frog

Frog's story was published in One More Train to Ride, pages 41-47.Tape 4 - Side A.mp3; cassette tapes digitized by ProVideo Cedar Rapids, 10/23

Tags: culture, Frog, history, Oats

Interview with Flatcar Frank

Flatcar Frank recalls his experiences attending the East Coast Hobo Gathering in Pennsburg, PA and the West Coast Hobo Gathering in Dunsmuir, CA.

Tags: Dunsmuir, East Coast gathering, Flatcar Frank, Pennsburg, West coast gathering

Interview with Fishbones

Tape 3 - Side B.mp3; cassette tapes digitized by ProVideo Cedar Rapids, 10/23

Tags: culture, Fishbones, history, Oats

Interview with Empress Vagabond Lump

Tape 4 - Side B.mp3; cassette tapes digitized by ProVideo Cedar Rapids, 10/23

Tags: culture, Empress Vagabond Lump, history, Oats

Interview with Drits

Tape 10 - Side A.mp3; cassette tapes digitized by ProVideo Cedar Rapids, 10/23

Tags: culture, Drits, history, Oats

Interview with Dante Doom (Part 1)

Dante's story was published in One More Train to Ride, pages 31-36.Tape 1 - Side A.mp3; cassette tapes digitized by ProVideo Cedar Rapids, 10/23

Tags: culture, Dante Doom, history, Oats

Interview with Connecticut Tootsie

Conversation with Connecticut Tootsie about her experiences hoboing, first time freight hopping, being elected hobo queen, and her involvement with the Hobo Convention in Britt.

Tags: Connecticut Tootsie, culture, history, National Hobo Convention

Interview with Connecticut Shorty and New York Maggie

Discussion of Connecticut Shorty and New York Maggie's travels, memories of their father Connecticut Slim, their first experiences freight hopping, their work with the Hobo Museum, being elected hobo queen, and other involvement with preserving hobo…

Tags: Connecticut Shorty, Connecticut Slim, culture, history, National Hobo Convention, New York Maggie

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