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Group Photo

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Why Women Become Hobos

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Gypsy Moon

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Minneapolis Jewel

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Connecticut Shorty and New York Maggie

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Empress Bo Lump

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Hobo Nation by J.F. Pirro

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…

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Interview with various train riders on specific topics

Some of these tidbits were published in One More Train to Ride.Tape 14 - Side A.mp3; cassette tapes digitized by ProVideo Cedar Rapids, 10/23

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Interviews with Buck, K-bar, Hobo Charlie, Captain Dingo, Frog, and Adman

Some of these tidbits were published in One More Train to Ride.Tape 13 - Side B.mp3; cassette tapes digitized by ProVideo Cedar Rapids, 10/23

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