Description: A thorough and honest picture of Depression-era young people forced to ride the rails
Brief description: Thomas Minehan (1903-1948) was instructor of sociology at the University of Minnesota. As a graduate student, he lived among and studied transient teens during the height of the Great Depression. His research was published as Boy and Girl Tramps of America in 1934.
Review Quotes: Minehan has included in his book case histories of over 500 young people as well as numerous anecdotes of the road and diaries of two travelers. Subject matter ranges from the discussion of the lives of the boys and girls before they left home to their religion, life, and morality after they had been on the road.-- "The Minnesota Alumni Weekly"