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Across America on Foot and Rail with a Mother
Miss Jane Pepston recounts a grueling ten week hitchhiking journey with her mother from New York to the Pacific and back. They ride in trucks and freights, endure danger with hoboes, pay for meals in cheap rooms, and learn hard lessons about vagrancy laws, safety, and the human side of the road.
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Jane Pepston
New York
Hobrrties
American Weekly, Inc
Britain
New York University
Atlantic
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Garrison
Montana
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Binghamton
America
Mother
Jim
Mrnually
Darton
B&tale
Buffalo
Cleveland
Niagara Falls
Lake Erie
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Wisconsin
la Crosse
California
Twin Cities
St. Paul
Minneapolis
West Coast
Grosse
Ard
Minnesota
Innesota
South Dakota
Forsythe, Muntana
Billings
Yellowstone Park
Park
Billings Post Office
Yellowstone Gate
Butte
Bowery
Thal
Ele
New England
Boston & Albany
Alabama
Northwest
Knights of the Road