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02285aam a2200409Ka 4500 001 8E3488EEFB3211EB84FE297527ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210812010009 007 tb 008 210803t20212017xxua db 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1432891049 020 $a 9781432891046 035 $a (OCoLC)1262657118 040 $a FSP $b eng $c FSP $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 100 1 $a Bruder, Jessica, $e author. 245 10 $a Nomadland : $b surviving America in the twenty-first century / $c Jessica Bruder. 260 $a [United States] : $b Large Print Press, $c 2021, c2017. 300 $a 462 pages (large print) : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print $2 rda 500 $a Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-460). 505 0 $a The squeeze inn -- The end -- Surviving America -- Escape plan -- Amazon town -- The gathering place -- The rubber tramp rendezvous -- Halen -- Some unbeetable experiences -- The H word -- Homecoming -- Coda: the octopus in the coconut -- Acknowledgments -- Notes. 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Older people $x Employment $z United States. 650 0 $a Casual labor $z United States. 650 0 $a Large type books. 650 0 $a Retirees $x Employment $z United States. 650 0 $a Retirement $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Working poor $z United States. 650 0 $a Migrant labor $z United States. 650 0 $a Recreational vehicle living $z United States. 650 0 $a Van life $z United States. 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210812010147.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8E3488EEFB3211EB84FE297527ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search