Nomadland
Subtitle: surviving America in the twenty-first century
By: Jessica Bruder
Series: Thorndike Press Large Print lifestyles; Thorndike Press large print lifestyles
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9781432846435
Subjects: Recreational vehicle living; Retirement; Working poor; Van life; Large type books; Older people; Casual labor; Employment; Retirees; Migrant labor
Description: From the North Dakota beet fields to California's National Forest campgrounds to Amazon's Texas CamperForce program, employers have discovered a new low-cost labor pool: transient older Americans. With Social security coming up short, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands, forming a growing community of migrant laborers dubbed "workampers." In a secondhand vehicle christened "Van Halen," Bruder hits the road to tell an eye-opening tale of the American economy's dark underbelly. -- Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-460).
Table of contents: title: The squeeze inn; title: The end; title: Surviving America; title: Escape plan; title: Amazon town; title: The gathering place; title: The rubber tramp rendezvous; title: Halen; title: Some unbeetable experiences; title: The H word; title: Homecoming; title: Coda: the octopus in the coconut; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notes.