Mathers writes that the reason men have for riding the rails has changed. During the Depression the impetus for hopping a freight train was the search for employment (Mathers 64). “A new wave of riders hit the road in the late forties and early fifties, veterans of World War II and the Korean War” (Mathers 64). These were men that had returned home from fighting in they began to roam to try to forget what they had seen and done no doubt but perhaps also to try to rediscover their own souls.
Mathers includes an anecdote from “The Rambler of Houston, Texas” (page 74). Anyone with any experience in studing hobo tags on trains will remember seeing one of the Rambler's at some point.
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Mathers includes an anecdote from “The Rambler of Houston, Texas” (page 74). Anyone with any experience in studing hobo tags on trains will remember seeing one of the Rambler's at some point.
- steve 2-12-2009 6:26 am