Research links on hobo culture from Mike Lohre

I spent about 25 minutes digging into the theme of hobo culture on the internet.  Here are some links to follow and explore to use in Exploration Two.

Have fun!  I did.

Mike

Hobo King and Queen annual Hobo Convention, Britt, Iowa

Steam Train in one of the last pictures before he passed away

Links about hobo culture and Steam Train

http://www.vice.com/read/death-of-the-american-hobo-0012987-v19n10

 http://youtu.be/LWHh9W5IeBo   Video from Vice episode

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_W._Graham

http://www.hobo.com/museum.html

http://www.hobo.com/hobominstrel.html

http://www.hobo.com/hoboart.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/23/us/23graham.html?_r=0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvkIrg_Pj7I
this is song in tribute to Maury Graham

http://thehobotimes.typepad.com/admansblog/2007/01/steamtrain_maur.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/lastword_28dec2006.shtml

 Hobo culture in the popular culture, country music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4XEhnRBnA8

 video of I Take A Lot Of Pride in What I Am