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04230aam a2200709Ii 4500 001 526A85DA604111EAB684363197128E48 003 SILO 005 20220519010419 008 180205t20182017nyu b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9780393356311 020 $a 0393356310 035 $a (OCoLC)1021807626 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d YDX $d PRSPR $d OCLCQ $d OMB $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a HD6280 $b .B77 2018 082 04 $a 331.3/980973 $2 23 100 1 $a Bruder, Jessica, $e author. 245 10 $a Nomadland : $b surviving America in the twenty-first century / $c Jessica Bruder. 246 3 $a Nomad land 264 1 $a New York, N.Y. : $b W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., $c 2018. 300 $a xiv, 273 pages ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Foreword -- Part one : The Squeeze Inn -- The end -- Surviving America -- Escape plan -- Part two : Amazon town -- The gathering place -- The Rubber Tramp Rendezvous -- Halen -- Some unbeetable experiences -- Part three : The H word -- Homecoming -- Coda : The octopus in the coconut. 520 $a From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves "workampers." In a secondhand vehicle she christens "Van Halen," Jessica Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately. Accompanying her irrepressible protagonist, Linda May, and others, from campground toilet cleaning to warehouse product scanning to desert reunions, then moving on to the dangerous work of beet harvesting, Bruder tells an eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy -- foreshadowing the precarious future that awaits many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable "Earthship" home, they have not given up hope. 650 0 $a Older people $x Employment $z United States. 650 0 $a Retirees $x Employment $z United States. 650 0 $a Retirement $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Casual labor $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. 650 7 $a Casual labor. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00848478 650 7 $a Migrant labor. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01020711 650 7 $a Older people $x Employment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01199105 650 7 $a Recreational vehicle living. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01091916 650 7 $a Retirees $x Employment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01096260 650 7 $a Retirement $x Economic aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01096293 650 7 $a Van life. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01163998 650 7 $a Working poor. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180666 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 941 $a 18 952 $l CPPC926 $d 20231111013456.0 952 $l EGPB605 $d 20231106153553.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20231025012155.0 952 $l NWPC663 $d 20230720011514.0 952 $l VIPA334 $d 20230523050746.0 952 $l IBAX173 $d 20220929012743.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20220223012058.0 952 $l XWPC787 $d 20220126010255.0 952 $l YLPC314 $d 20220104015548.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20211215025627.0 952 $l WFPC115 $d 20211028151923.0 952 $l XIPA157 $d 20211001010853.0 952 $l SZPC124 $d 20210901011047.0 952 $l ZNPA437 $d 20210723015124.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210702012429.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20210626010345.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20210309010056.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20200909010329.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=526A85DA604111EAB684363197128E48 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search