Don't mention the tragedies

Joblin was born in 1988, when his grandfather was 47 years old. The grandfather lived to see his grandson embark on a journey that confined him to a small circle of 21st-century vagabonds who called themselves "The Roaming Boys." It is a journey into the dark side of America, where the Roaming Boys reach their destinations by any available means: they walk, ask strangers for rides, or take unusual buses, but they prefer to hop on freight trains. In five years, the grandson traveled twenty-five thousand miles by train. The grandfather writes out of a storyteller's passion and a grandfather's love, presenting us with an intimate, true story of Joblin and his companions, from which we learn much about life, friendship, love, human relationships, and addiction as well...