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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Bruder, Jessica.     Subjects     Older people -- Employment -- United States.     Retirees -- Employment -- United States.     Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States.     Casual labor -- United States.     Working poor -- United States.     Migrant labor -- United States.     Recreational vehicle living -- United States.     Van life -- United States.     United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bruder, Jessica.       by title:      Nomadland : survivin...       by call number:      LP 331.398 B888n     Search the Web     Bruder, Jessica.     Older people -- Employment -- United States.     Retirees -- Employment -- United States.     Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States.     Casual labor -- United States.     Working poor -- United States.     Migrant labor -- United States.     Recreational vehicle living -- United States.     Van life -- United States.     United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century       MARC Display

Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century / by Jessica Bruder. by Bruder, Jessica. Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018. Call #: LP 331.398 B888n Subjects Older people -- Employment -- United States.   Retirees -- Employment -- United States.   Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States.   Casual labor -- United States.   Working poor -- United States.   Migrant labor -- United States.   Recreational vehicle living -- United States.   Van life -- United States.   United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century ISBN:  9781432846435 (hc.) Edition:  Large print edition. Description:  461 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes:  Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2017. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Contents:  The squeeze inn -- The end -- Surviving America -- Escape plan -- Amazon town -- The gathering place -- The rubber tramp rendezvous -- Halen -- Some unbeetable experiences -- The H word -- Homecoming -- Coda: the octopus in the coconut -- Acknowledgments -- Notes. Summary:  "From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves "workampers." In a secondhand vehicle she christens "Van Halen," Jessica Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately. Accompanying her irrepressible protagonist, Linda May, and others, from campground toilet cleaning to warehouse product scanning to desert reunions, then moving on to the dangerous work of beet harvesting, Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy - -one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable "Earthship" home, they have not given up hope. Journalist Jessica Bruder's work focuses on subcultures and the dark corners of the economy. She teaches at the Columbia School of Journalism"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  4   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 331.398 B888n Adult books Checked out Jul 18, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 331.398 B888n Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Home Delivery - HN Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 331.398 B888n Adult books Checked out Oct 03, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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