Boy and Girl Tramps of America
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By: Thomas Minehan
Date: 1934
Source: Minehan, Thomas. Boy and Girl Tramps of America. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1934, 46–48, 62–65, 74–77, 92–93, 95–96.
About the Author: Thomas Minehan was a graduate student when he took to the rails in 1932 to research migrants in the Depression. He was surprised to find a large number of young people—boys and girls—among the transient population. The result of his research was a classic study of the impact of the Great Depression in the United States: Boy and Girl Tramps of America.
Introduction
The drifter has long had a part in American mythology, from Daniel Boone to Johnny Appleseed. It was such a notable phenomenon that one philanthropist, Thomas McGregor of Toledo, planned to open a series of shelters for transient men in every major Great Lakes city to help meet their needs. The...
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