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Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Sister of the Road: The Autobiography of Box Car Bertha. Book.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Introduction by Kathy Acker. Lower rear corner slightly bumped, light edge wear on the jacket, small chip at the upper front corner.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Born in the shadows of a railroad yard, of a wandering mother who took her lovers where she found them and a father who was scarcely conscious of her arrival in the world, Bertha Thompson took to 'the road' as soon as the restless impulses of adolescence stirred in her. She was more interested in wanders than those who settled down in homes, more interested in criminals than law-abiding citizens. She wanted to see how they lived, live as they did, know what they were like.As a result of her restlessness and curiosity, she became, in fifteen years of wandering, a hobo, treveling from one end of the country to the other in box-cars, "decking" passenger trains, and hitchhiking; member of a gang of shoplifters, traveling as the mistress of one of the men; a prostitute working in a Chicago brothel; the mother of a child of an unknown father; and a research worker for a New York social service bureau.Sister of the Road is Bertha's own story of those fifteen years and the record of her conclusions about them. Gifted with a naturally keen intelligence, fearless of consequences to herself, willing and eager to do and be everything which other members of her group did and were, her story is a mine of little-known information and a succession of moving human stories about that vast and growing army of homeless, jobless, wandering women who live by begging, stealing, cheating, prostituting themselves, and occasionally working at legitimate jobs. …

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Very close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Book Club Edition. Very occasional freckling to page foredges, very light rubbing to dustcover, a bit more at tips and upper and lower spine ; Very light wear to orange hardboards with black linen covered spine, darker orange embossing on spine, clean, no markings vg+/vg+; 314 pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Quarter cloth binding Book Club hardcover in a jacket. Crisp and unmarked. 314pp. Nice jacket in a protective mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Soft cover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition. STORED NEW PRISTINE CONDITION SANITIZED THEN WRAPPED; Book. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Sister of the Road: The Autobiography of Box-Car Bertha Brand new item sourced directly from publisher. Packed securely in tight packaging to ensure no damage. Shipped from warehouse on same/next day basis.

First edition, first printing That includes an introduction by Kathy Acker. Fine and bright illustrated stiff wraps with strong spine and crisp bright text.

Condizione: Acceptable.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Thus. Introduction by Kathy Acker. The first amok reissue of the rare 1937 classic of the Depression Era hobo jungles in a new edition with introduction by Acker and stunning jacket art by Awest. 8vo, quarter black gilt cloth over brown boards, 314pp plus an afterword by Dr. Reitman. A pristine copy, apparently never read. Archival Mylar jacket cover included.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 314 pages. 8.25x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used Very Good. Hardback with dust jacket, no writing or marks, light wear, tight and square.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. pp. 208.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Hard cover published by AMOK Press in 1990. Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket has some small tears and wear along edges, and is in good plus condition. 314 pages, 1.1 lb.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 314 pages.

Condizione: New. pp. 208 Illus.

Hardcover. Dust jacket has light wear aroun.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Gut. 295 Seiten rororo - 1. Auf. 1996 : Ben L. Reitman - tb U3-FF0K-F7EJ Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 181.

Condizione: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. (homeless women, biographies) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket in poor condition with tearing and wear noted along edges and head and tail of spine. The jacket is intact. Red covers with red star emblem to front cover and red lettering to spine. Covers with mild wear to tail of spine and wrinkling to both head and tail. Bumping to front top edge otherwise good+ condition. Browning beginning to pages but clean and very readable. This book is the frank, uncensored story (Autobiography) of a wondering woman of the underworld. Intimate facts of a woman hobo's methods and habits: A life story that has no parallel.…

Book of the Month Club. 12mo. [xii], 314 pp. Hardcover binding in unclipped dustwrapper, fine condition. (101829). Introduction by Kathy Acker. Afterword by Roger A. Bruns.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Would be listed vg but former library; Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair to Good. Book-of-the-Month-Club. 314 + afterword. dj rubbed and creased, edgewear, tape-repaired tear top edge. Some spotting to boards. Previous owner's rubber stamp and scattered spotting front free endpaper - o/w unmarked. Life experiences during the Great Depressions.…

Couverture souple. Condizione: Bon. Volume broché sur la prostitution et les souteneurs Sans date vers 1930.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. good condition only in blue cloth with some wear and with white spots (most on the spine) and in a clipped dust jacket with wear and darkening (most darkening on the spine) - On the front, spine and rear of the dust jacket it states "Special $1.00 edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. blue cloth, no markings, upper spine chipped, hobo novel that became a movie, Bertha is fictional character but the author Reitman was personally familiar with the subject and life.