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"I crouched quietly in the patch of high weeds. Around me dropped the shadow of the viaduct that taken a highway in the railroad yards. From the border of the back yards, I squinted when i viewed the railroad vehicles being turned from trail to track. Vehicles were rolling in the viaduct, but what occupied my attention was the dark, cool corridor beneath it, where I hoped to intercept my train." Traveling the rails, Ted Conover tasted the life of the tramp with companions like Pistol Pete, BB, and Sheba Sheila Sheils. From them he learned success skills - how to "read" a freight train, scavenge for food and clothing, avoid the railroad "bulls." He was initiated into the customs of their unique, shadowy culture - women and men bound together by a mutual bond of failure, camaraderie, and distrust. Sixty-five freight trains, 12,000 kilometers, and fifteen expresses later, Conover chronicles his impressions of their lives in this fascinating piece of first-hand reporting that becomes a thoughtful report of self-discovery.