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Life habits become character traits, which are the fingerprints of each Hobo encountered. There are many eccentricities of each Hobo that cause each one to be identified in the Hobos dress, name, way of living, and what friends he/she surrounds themselves with, or if they are loners. ... What's the appeal of Hobo Life?
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www.hobo.com/what_is_a_hobo.htm
www.hobo.com/what_is_a_hobo.htm
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Hobo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A hobo is a migratory worker or homeless vagabond, often penniless. The term originated in the western—probably northwestern—United States during the last decade of the 19th century. Unlike tramps, ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo
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The spirit of a Hobo, and the fun of jeeping, is the ideal of our name. ... Hobo Bylaws ... Hobo History...
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members.tripod.com/HoboJeepers/hobolife.htm
members.tripod.com/HoboJeepers/hobolife.htm
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Till the sweetest part of life rolled by. I never had a thought to marry, I never even had a girl. I only thought of roaming yonder, To the other side of the world. I never had a ... A hobo song containing the usual warnings against taking up the hobo life but with the usual braggadocio that hobos were a breed apart.
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www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/hobolife.html
www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/hobolife.html
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Mr. Graham in 1990 wrote "Tales of the Iron Road: My Life As King of the Hobos," telling his stories of hopping trains beginning at the age of 14 and living in hobo camps until 1980. He was named National Hobo King five times at the annual hobo convention in Britt, and was crowned Grand Patriarch of Hobo s in 2004.
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www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2006/11/2...
www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2006/11/23/maurice_graham_89_lived_and_celebrated_the_hobo_life?mode=PF
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So now to begin my two day hobo life with Latzo. We "hopped" a coal train from Dickson to Scranton about five miles away. ... Soon we met a "hobo" named "Skurki" who Latzo knew. He informed us that the blueberries were not in season yet.
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www.gsu.edu/~phltso/paulwriting/hobo.html
www.gsu.edu/~phltso/paulwriting/hobo.html
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Among his catalog of hobo hits were "Big Rock Candy Mountain" and "Waiting for a Train," which captures the feelings of loneliness so often present in a hobo's life:
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails/sfeature/chord.html
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Treehugger points us to this very clever design for a jacket with pouches in its lining that can be unfurled to reveal a personal tent. ... But modern life just doesn't have icons of being down and out, such as a stick with a bandanna pouch on the end or even breadlines. However, this jacket would do nicely. ...
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www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/...
www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/would-be-hoboes-your-dream-house-has-arrived
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Today on Boing Boing tv, another exclusive interview with Aloysius, the hoboist great-grandpappy of illustrator Adam "Ape Lad" Koford. The elder Koford shares never-before-known knowledge with us about what it was like to live la vida hobo while he developed that famous comic strip about cats.
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www.boingboing.net/2008/01/11/ape-lad-hobo-life.html
www.boingboing.net/2008/01/11/ape-lad-hobo-life.html
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