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American Experience
Season 10 · Episode 9
Riding the Rails
0.055mApril 13, 1998
During the Depression-era 1930's, tens of thousands of teenagers hopped freight trains in search of a better life elsewhere. What they found was a mixture of adventure, camaraderie, hardship and loneliness. The evocative stories of teen hoboes crisscrossing America during tough times.
Episodes
- Episode 1Truman (1): An Accident of Democracy
- Episode 2Truman (2): The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets
- Episode 3A Midwife's Tale
- Episode 4Mr. Miami Beach
- Episode 5Influenza 1918
- Episode 6Reagan (1): Lifeguard
- Episode 7Reagan (2): An American Crusade
- Episode 8Surviving the Dust Bowl
- Episode 9Riding the Rails