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Article featuring Fryin' Pan Jack at the convention in Britt, Iowa. Date unknown.

Article on the history of hoboing. Date unknown.

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

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…

"The Latest Tramp Jokes", form of discrimination against the wanderer, cover depicts two hoboes and doghouse. Color description: yellow, red, black, white

Stories from Iowa Blackie's first train ride.

Collection of stories and poems from Iowa Blackie. Iowa Blackie shares stories, emotions, and feeling from the road. A semi-autobiographical account of Iowa Blackie growing up in the Midwest on the Pacific railroad line.

Image of Iowa Blackie frieght hopping across Iowa.

Stories about hobo life on the road. Release date unknown.

A series of stories believed to be true by Hood River Blackie.