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Available: HOBOES HARVESTING THE WEST, by Mark Wyman
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Wyman)
Mon Nov 28 03:17:22 2011
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Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:27:18 -0500
From: Dan Wyman <dan@DANWYMANBOOKS.COM>
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Dear Friends,
I hope those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving had a nice Holiday.=20
We mark Cyber Monday with a bit of nepotism and the offering of a single =
title which we are helping to distribute, my father's latest book:=20
Wyman, Mark=20
HOBOES: BINDLESTIFFS, FRUIT TRAMPS, AND THE HARVESTING OF THE WEST=20
Hill and Wang, 2010. Cloth, Octavo, 336 pages.
We haven't found a single Jewish hobo within its pages, but migrant =
agricultural workers of just about every other stripe are there: Chinese =
and Mexican, German-Russian and Native Northwest Indian, Scandinavian =
and Black, and many, many others
The book was honored as one of Amazon's "Best Books of the Month" for =
May 2010:
"When the railroad stretched its steel rails across the American West in =
the 1870s, it opened up a vast expanse of territory with very few people =
but enormous agricultural potential: a second Western frontier, the =
garden West. Agriculture quickly followed the railroads, making way for =
Kansas wheat and Colorado sugar beets and Washington apples.=20
With this new agriculture came an unavoidable need for harvest =
workers-for hands to pick the apples, cotton, oranges, and hops; to pull =
and top the sugar beets; to fill the trays with raisin grapes and =
apricots; to stack the wheat bundles in shocks to be pitched into the =
maw of the threshing machine. 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. Variously called bindlestiffs, fruit tramps, =
hoboes, and bums, these men-and women and children-were vital to the =
creation of the West and its economy.=20
Amazingly, it is an aspect of Western history that has never been told. =
In Hoboes: Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West, =
the award-winning historian Mark Wyman beautifully captures the lives of =
these workers. Exhaustively researched and highly original, this =
narrative history is 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."
New Condition, Hardback with illustrated dust jacket and photo plates =
inside.
$15.00 + Shipping ($5.00 US, $13.00 International).
As they say, it makes a perfect gift. Easily shipped in time for =
Chanukah or Christmas. We can even gift-ship it to a destination of your =
choice.
Order your copy from us today!
Dan
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dan Wyman Books LLC. www.DanWymanBooks.com
65 Maspeth Ave. Suite 1B Brooklyn, NY 11211
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Dear Friends,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I hope those of you who celebrate =
Thanksgiving had=20
a nice Holiday. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We mark Cyber Monday with a bit of =
nepotism and the=20
offering of a single title which we are helping to distribute, my =
father=92s=20
latest book: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Wyman, Mark <BR>HOBOES: BINDLESTIFFS, =
FRUIT TRAMPS,=20
AND THE HARVESTING OF THE WEST <BR>Hill and Wang, 2010. Cloth, Octavo, =
336=20
pages.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We haven=92t found a single Jewish hobo =
within its=20
pages, but migrant agricultural workers of just about every other stripe =
are=20
there: Chinese and Mexican, German-Russian and Native Northwest Indian,=20
Scandinavian and Black, and many, many others</FONT></DIV><FONT size=3D2 =
face=3DArial>
<DIV><BR>The book was honored as one of Amazon=92s =93Best Books of the =
Month=94 for=20
May 2010:<BR><BR>=93When the railroad stretched its steel rails across =
the=20
American West in the 1870s, it opened up a vast expanse of territory =
with very=20
few people but enormous agricultural potential: a second Western =
frontier, the=20
garden West. Agriculture quickly followed the railroads, making way for =
Kansas=20
wheat and Colorado sugar beets and Washington apples. </DIV>
<DIV><BR>With this new agriculture came an unavoidable need for harvest=20
workers=97for hands to pick the apples, cotton, oranges, and hops; to =
pull and top=20
the sugar beets; to fill the trays with raisin grapes and apricots; to =
stack the=20
wheat bundles in shocks to be pitched into the maw of the threshing =
machine.=20
These were not the year-round hired hands but transients who would show =
up to=20
harvest the crop and then leave when the work was finished. Variously =
called=20
bindlestiffs, fruit tramps, hoboes, and bums, these men=97and women and=20
children=97were vital to the creation of the West and its economy.=20
<BR><BR>Amazingly, it is an aspect of Western history that has never =
been told.=20
In Hoboes: Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West, =
the=20
award-winning historian Mark Wyman beautifully captures the lives of =
these=20
workers. Exhaustively researched and highly original, this narrative =
history is=20
a detailed, deeply sympathetic portrait of the lives of these hoboes, as =
well as=20
a fresh look at the settling and development of the American =
West.=94<BR><BR>New=20
Condition, Hardback with illustrated dust jacket and photo plates=20
inside.<BR><BR>$15.00 + Shipping ($5.00 US, $13.00 International).</DIV>
<DIV><BR>As they say, it makes a perfect gift. Easily shipped in time =
for=20
Chanukah or Christmas. We can even gift-ship it to a destination of your =
choice.<BR><BR>Order your copy from us today!</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Dan<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Dan =
Wyman Books=20
LLC. <A=20
href=3D"http://www.DanWymanBooks.com">www.DanWymanBooks.com</A><BR>65 =
Maspeth=20
Ave. Suite 1B Brooklyn, NY =
11211<BR>Catalogs=20
Issued Search at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.danwymanbooks.com/searchpage.php">www.danwymanbooks.co=
m/searchpage.php</A> =20
Browsing by Appointment<BR><A=20
href=3D"mailto:dan@danwymanbooks.com">dan@danwymanbooks.com</A> &nbs=
p; v:=20
718.963.0410<BR>>>>We Find Good Homes For Nice Jewish Books=20
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