{"product_id":"hoboes-bindlestiffs-fruit-tramps-and-the-harvesting-of-the-west-9780809054916","title":"Hoboes: Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the railroad stretched its steel rails across the American West in the 1870s, it opened up a vast expanse of territory. Agriculture quickly followed the railroads, making way for Kansas wheat and Colorado sugar beets and Washington apples. With this new agriculture came an unavoidable need for harvest workers. These were not the year-round hired hands but transients who would show up to harvest the crop and then leave when the work was finished. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVariously called bindlestiffs, fruit tramps, hoboes, and bums, these men--and women and children--were vital to the creation of the West and its economy. Amazingly, it is an aspect of Western history that has never been told. In \u003ci\u003eHoboes: Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West\u003c\/i\u003e, the award-winning historian Mark Wyman offers a detailed, deeply sympathetic portrait of the lives of these hoboes, as well as a fresh look at the settling and development of the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809054916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.70h x 8.70w x 1.00d","brand":"Mark Wyman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644225908892,"sku":"9780809054916","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6ed6f73f-8db6-4b66-ac58-0db1836e4777.jpg?v=1603858140","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hoboes-bindlestiffs-fruit-tramps-and-the-harvesting-of-the-west-9780809054916","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}