The American Hobbit - Couverture souple

Wheeler, George

 
9780595168286: The American Hobbit
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595168280 ISBN 13 : 9780595168286
Editeur : iUniverse, 2001

Synopsis

A rare insight into the seedy side of homelessness. Beginning in Salt Lake City, Utah, where three men and three women decide they want to get off the road, you begin to see a side of homelessness that nobody wants you to see. Petty criminals, high risk takes, foolhardy, dumb-dumbs, sincere, heartful, all of these terms describe the "Six". Hoboing freight trains for transportation, robbing smalltime drug dealers for money, shoplifting for clothes and food; eating, sleeping, and showering in rescue missions. The "Six" make it to Leesburg, Florida, where they are given jobs in a church-supported mission, which begins a change in the meaning of life for them. For two years they scour St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Orlando, until finally their leader, Hobbit, tells them it is time. They begin by robbing small time drug dealers and getting them to tell who and where their drug suppliers are. Then using this information to get to the middlemen, finally extracting the information on the drug kingpins. Finally, after setting a trap in the Florida Everglades, they rob two kingpins of almost twelve million dollars.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A rare insight into the seedy side of homelessness. Beginning in Salt Lake City, Utah, where three men and three women decide they want to get off the road, you begin to see a side of homelessness that nobody wants you to see. Petty criminals, high risk takes, foolhardy, dumb-dumbs, sincere, heartful, all of these terms describe the "Six". Hoboing freight trains for transportation, robbing smalltime drug dealers for money, shoplifting for clothes and food; eating, sleeping, and showering in rescue missions. The "Six" make it to Leesburg, Florida, where they are given jobs in a church-supported mission, which begins a change in the meaning of life for them. For two years they scour St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Orlando, until finally their leader, Hobbit, tells them it is time. They begin by robbing small time drug dealers and getting them to tell who and where their drug suppliers are. Then using this information to get to the middlemen, finally extracting the information on the drug kingpins. Finally, after setting a trap in the Florida Everglades, they rob two kingpins of almost twelve million dollars.

Biographie de l'auteur

Thirty years ago George Ellis Wheeler, Jr. rode the rails throughout the western United States. After going to college, he joined a Rescue Mission as a Foodservice Manager. He is a twenty-year member of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, formerly the International Union of Gospel Rescue Missions.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595168280
ISBN 13 
9780595168286
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
188
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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