tramps

Drawn from the letters and oral histories of three thousand men and women to tell the story of the boxcar boys and girls who left home during the Great Depression in search of jobs or adventure.

Thirteen-year-old Tucker Freeman, driven from his home in 1932 by his mean, spinster aunt, hops a passing train where he is befriended by Elijah, an elderly African-American man who cares for the boy and convinces him to return home to his mother. Presented in graphic novel form.

After attending the annual "Hobo Convention" in Britt, Iowa, Ted Conover left college to ride the rails for four months.

When the three cousins find some strange symbols carved in an old tree, they start learning about hobo code and in the process learn about the importance of kindness as well.

During the Great Depression, while their father is away looking for work, eight-year-old Patrick and thirteen-year-old Roy create a machine to help their mother make ends meet, even as she is helping tramps.

Two old tramps wait on a bare stretch of road near a tree for Godot.

When her father kills himself after losing his money in the stock market crash of 1929, twelve-year-old Frances, now a penniless orphan, decides to hop aboard a freight train and live the life of a hobo.

Tired of doing chores and longing for adventure during the Great Depression, Kit meets a hobo and decides to hop a freight train.

Drawn from the letters and oral histories of three thousand men and women to tell the story of the boxcar boys and girls who left home during the Great Depression in search of jobs or adventure.

A dog named Tupelo sets off with her sock toy, Mr. Bones, to find the right place to call home, looking to the stars for guidance.