A Land so Fair and Bright: The True Story of a Young Man s Adventures across Depression America
A Land so Fair and Bright: The True Story of a Young Man s Adventures across Depression America
A Land so Fair and Bright: The True Story of a Young Man s Adventures across Depression America
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A <strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong> <strong>so</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Bright</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>True</strong> <strong>Story</strong> <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Young</strong> <strong>Man</strong> s <strong>Adventures</strong> <strong>across</strong> <strong>Depression</strong> <strong>America</strong> (Russ H<strong>of</strong>vendahl) H<strong>of</strong>vendahl s travels at 16 seem right out <strong>of</strong> Woody Guthrie. When he jumped ahip in 1938, he headed east through Canada, <strong>so</strong>uth to New Orleans via New York, <strong>and</strong> <strong>across</strong> to San Francisco. He rode the rails <strong>of</strong>ten, <strong>and</strong> here he tells <strong>of</strong> catching freights on the fly, <strong>of</strong> panaoramas viewed from side-door pullmans or from open gondolas snaking down California peaks. <strong>The</strong>re were al<strong>so</strong> times without shelter, food, or water...A rare <strong>and</strong> exhilarating true-life tale. Booklist<br />
A <strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong> <strong>so</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Bright</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>True</strong> <strong>Story</strong> <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Young</strong> <strong>Man</strong> s<br />
<strong>Adventures</strong> <strong>across</strong> <strong>Depression</strong> <strong>America</strong>