A Land So Fair and Bright: The True Story of a Young Man's Adventures Across Depression America (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780924486104)

Hofvendahl's travels at 16 seem right out of Woody Guthrie. When he jumped ahip in 1938, he headed east through Canada, south to New Orleans via New York, and across to San Francisco. He rode the rails often, and here he tells of catching freights on the fly, of panaoramas viewed from side-door pullmans or from open gondolas snaking down California peaks. There were also times without shelter, food, or water...A rare and exhilarating true-life tale. Booklist

Author: Russ Hofvendahl
ISBN-10: 0924486104
ISBN-13: 9780924486104
Publisher: Sheridan House
Language: English
Published: 01/25/1991
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.39w x 1.15d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/28/1991