Once a hobo-- : the autobiography of Monte Holm
Title:
Once a hobo-- : the autobiography of Monte Holm
Physical Description:
ix, 310 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
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Author(s):
Publisher:
Proctor Publications,
Publication Date:
1999
ISBN:
9781882792764
Publication Information:
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Proctor Publications, c1999.
Call Number:
917.3 HOLM
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Summary
Summary
A true story about a young man struggling to make a living duiring the Great Depression.
Table of Contents
Dedication | p. iii |
Foreword | p. iv |
Introduction | p. v |
Acknowledgments | p. vi |
Warning | p. vii |
Chapter 1 The Clarkston Years | p. 1 |
Chapter 2 The Move | p. 4 |
Chapter 3 A Machine From the Sky Visits Rapelje | p. 7 |
Chapter 4 A Sad Day | p. 10 |
Chapter 5 My Aunt | p. 13 |
Chapter 6 Summer Jobs | p. 16 |
Chapter 7 The Street of Rapelje | p. 19 |
Chapter 8 My Father's New Wife | p. 21 |
Chapter 9 My First Venture into the Junk Business | p. 23 |
Chapter 10 Tough Times in Rapelje | p. 26 |
Chapter 11 Kicked Out | p. 29 |
Chapter 12 On the Road | p. 32 |
Chapter 13 Providing the Meat | p. 34 |
Chapter 14 Destination Yakima | p. 38 |
Chapter 15 Hobo Pirates | p. 42 |
Chapter 16 Dreaming of a Full Belly | p. 45 |
Chapter 17 Hired On | p. 49 |
Chapter 18 Traveling to the Sheep | p. 52 |
Chapter 19 On the Range | p. 56 |
Chapter 20 Settling into a Routine | p. 60 |
Chapter 21 Thinking About Life | p. 64 |
Chapter 22 A Decision is Made | p. 67 |
Chapter 23 Back to School | p. 70 |
Chapter 24 Looking for Work | p. 74 |
Chapter 25 Back on the Range | p. 78 |
Chapter 26 Regaining my Strength | p. 81 |
Chapter 27 Cold Weather is Hard on Hobos | p. 84 |
Chapter 28 Christmas in a Bread Line | p. 87 |
Chapter 29 Stuck in the Bread Line | p. 91 |
Chapter 30 The Riot | p. 94 |
Chapter 31 Not All Food is Healthy | p. 97 |
Chapter 32 Riding Inside with High Hopes | p. 100 |
Chapter 33 A Trip Home | p. 104 |
Chapter 34 The Century of Progress Exposition | p. 108 |
Chapter 35 Continuing My Education | p. 112 |
Chapter 36 Death on the Range | p. 116 |
Chapter 37 To North Dakota | p. 120 |
Chapter 38 A Tent in a Wheat field | p. 123 |
Chapter 39 Moving South of the Cheyenne | p. 126 |
Chapter 40 Winter on the Range | p. 129 |
Chapter 41 Riding the Rods | p. 133 |
Chapter 42 Death of a Bull | p. 137 |
Chapter 43 Fort Bliss is Home for a Little While | p. 141 |
Chapter 44 El Paso Friends | p. 144 |
Chapter 45 Walking to Santa Fe and Denver | p. 148 |
Chapter 46 It's the Same Story in Cheyenne, Wheatland and Casper | p. 151 |
Chapter 47 A Close Call | p. 154 |
Chapter 48 Time in Malta | p. 157 |
Chapter 49 Enjoying Nature | p. 160 |
Chapter 50 Explaining Life to George | p. 163 |
Chapter 51 A Tough Winter | p. 166 |
Chapter 52 The Dust Bowl | p. 170 |
Chapter 53 The Nelsons | p. 173 |
Chapter 54 Saturday Night in Tekoa | p. 176 |
Chapter 55 Working the Crab Ranch | p. 179 |
Chapter 56 Christmas at the Tacoma Depot | p. 181 |
Chapter 57 The Edmonds Jail | p. 184 |
Chapter 58 In Everett | p. 187 |
Chapter 59 The Riverside Junk Company | p. 191 |
Chapter 60 Tin Clothes | p. 193 |
Chapter 61 The Buggie Packing Plant | p. 197 |
Chapter 62 A Name Change | p. 199 |
Chapter 63 Living in Silverton | p. 202 |
Chapter 64 I Propose | p. 205 |
Chapter 65 Married Life | p. 208 |
Chapter 66 I'm in the Army Now | p. 212 |
Chapter 67 Expanding the Junk Business | p. 217 |
Chapter 68 The Wedding | p. 220 |
Epilogue | p. 224 |
Part 1 Karen and Wayne Get Married | p. 225 |
Part 2 The House Of Poverty Museum | p. 226 |
Part 3 Our Life is Further Enriched | p. 228 |
Part 4 A New Business | p. 229 |
Part 5 Stories | p. 230 |
Part 6 My Staff | p. 240 |
Part 7 The Final Word | p. 241 |
Photographs | p. 243 |
Monte's Letters | p. 251 |
About this book | p. 307 |
Dennis L. Clay | p. 309 |
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