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The Life of a Hobo: Frog pamphlet

The story of why Frog began hoboing, definition of hoboing, and stories of train riding. This story is contained in One More Train to Ride: The Underground World of Modern American Hoboes, pages 41-47, by Cliff Williams (Oats), published by Indiana…

The Life and Hard Times of the Hobo

General article on the history of hoboing.

The Last of the Old-Time Hoboes article

Article written about Hood River Blackie and his 32 years of riding the rails.

The Last American Romantic article

Magazine article featuring early arrivals at the 1979 hobo convention in Britt. History of hoboing in America and history of the Britt convention. Feature of Steamtrain Maury and many other popular hoboes of the time.

The hobo who lives in a condo article

Article featuring Adman on his life hoboing.

The Hobo News_1985

Newspaper titled "The Hobo News" (19th edition) from 1985. Dedicated to Lyle George. Creator/location unknown.

The Historic Graffiti Society pamphlet

Pamphlet from The Hobo Graffiti Society the details the historic significance of hobo codes and graffiti.

The Great American Hobo

A half-hour video about hobo history and hobo life.