One More Train to Ride: The Underground World of Modern American Hoboes

Drawn from intimate interviews with 14 modern-day "steel rail
nomads," One More Train to Ride provides a revealing picture of today's
American hobo. Interspersed with their stories are original poems and songs echoing
the ancient lyricism and loneliness of life on the road. Their connections with the
past make the experiences of these hoboes even more striking, as they ride freight
trains and jungle up in hobo camps, light years away from the 21st-century
cyberworld -- yet touching the very core of American freedom and
individualism.

Cliff Williams skillfully elicits details of family
background, motives, and clear insights into the daily life and philosophy of the
modern hobo. With its evocative link to the past, One More Train to Ride continues a
long tradition of books on hobo oral history, including Nels Anderson's The Hobo
(1923) and Thomas Minehan's Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1934).