nationality genre article_title name occupation
american memoir , essays eddy joe cotton
 eddy joe cotton hobo poet , essayist , ringleader
eddy joe cotton

eddy joe cotton -lrb- real name zebu recchia -rrb- is the author of `` hobo : a young man 's thoughts on trains and tramping in america '' , which made it to the `` denver post '' best-seller list .
cotton wrote the book about the first three weeks of tramping at age 19 after leaving his father 's home in denver , colorado .
cotton is also the ringleader and hobo poet of the yard dogs road show .
