Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Hoboes: Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West

Hoboes: Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West
Hoboes Bindlestiffs Fruit Tramps and the Harvesting of the West
Author: Mark Wyman
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. W...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780809030217
ISBN-10: 0809030217
Publication Date: 4/27/2010
Pages: 368
Edition: 1
Rating:
  • Currently 1/5 Stars.
 1

1 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 2
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review


Genres: