Here is a quick description and cover image of book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century written by Jessica Bruder which was published in. OL19715284W Page_number_confidence 91.22 Pages 298 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220602172639 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 180 Scandate 20220601054648 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780393249316 Tts_version 5.Brief Summary of Book: Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273)įoreword - 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 coconutĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 04:59:39 Autocrop_version 0.0.13_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0003 Boxid IA40529603 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled Foldoutcount 0 Identifier nomadlandsurvivi0000brud_y4y6 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2hx9圆nmz8 Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780393249316Ġ39324931X Lccn 2017018056 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.8814 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-1300150 Openlibrary_edition Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable 'Earthship' home, they have not given up hope.'-Jacket flap At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. 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 a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy-one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us.

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.

'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.

Nomadland surviving america in the twenty first century