Riding Toward Everywhere

<p>Arelentlessly curious endlessly sensitive and unequivocally adventurous examiner of human existence William T. Vollmann now takes to the rails. In the company of experienced fellow train-hopper Steve Vollmann trawls the secretive waters of a unique underground lifestyle--subjecting both our national romance with and skepticism about the hobo life to his finely tuned analytical eye. Carrying on in the footloose tradition of Huckleberry Finn he offers a moving strikingly modern vision of the American dream brilliantly exploring both our deeply ingrained romanticizing of freedom and the myriad ways we restrict the very freedoms we profess to admire.</p>