02597cam a2200493 i 4500 501940051 TxAuBib 20210513120000.0 170824t20182017||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017039311 9781432846435 1432846434 (OCoLC)1002419151 TxAuBib rda Bruder, Jessica,. Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century / Jessica Bruder. Surviving America in the twenty-first century. Large print edition. Waterville : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018. ℗2017. 461 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Thorndike Press large print lifestyles Thorndike Press large print lifestyles Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]. Includes bibliographical references. 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. 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. 20210513. Older people Employment United States. Retirees Employment United States. Retirement Economic aspects United States. Casual labor United States. Working poor United States. Migrant labor United States. Recreational vehicle living United States. Van life United States. Large type books. Nonfiction. Thorndike Press large print lifestyles. Thorndike Press large print lifestyles.