The American Experience - Riding the Rails
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Title
The American Experience - Riding the Rails
Subject
history
culture
Description
A documentary about hobo history and hobo life. Interviews from people who rode the rails who explain their reasons for hoboing. Interviewees describe their experiences being incarserated for vagrancy and frieght hopping. Narrated by historian David McCullough.
Publisher
Collinwood Kid
The Pied Piper
Date
1997
Contributor
Collinwood Kid and The Pied Piper
Rights
National Hobo Convention's Video Library
Relation
National Hobo Convention's Hobo Video Library
Format
film
Language
English
Type
moving image
Duration
01:57:44
Citation
“The American Experience - Riding the Rails,” Hobo Archive, accessed April 19, 2025, http://hoboarchive.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/557.