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Hobo life in the Great Depression : a regional narrative from the American Midwest

Edward C. Weideman ; edited, with introduction by R.W. Crump

(Studies in American literature, v. 77)

Edwin Mellen Press, c2005

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-201) and index

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Description

Provides an expression of the American experience sometimes labeled as modernism. This book includes the early twentieth century search for the meaning of life in an era of social and economic break-down, characterized by a sense of loss of a stable, secure world, based on a belief in absolute truth.

Table of Contents

  • Commendatory Preface i
  • Foreword vii
  • Acknowledgements ix
  • Introduction xi
  • Bossy in a Bowl 1
  • Appendices
  • A. Provoke Not Your Children 169
  • B. The Passing of John 183
  • C. Untimely Disclosure 191
  • Bibliography 197
  • Index 203.

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