Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century
(Audiobook CD)
Author
Contributors
White, Karen narrator.
Published
[Minneapolis, MN] : HighBridge Audio, [2017].
Format
Audiobook CD
Edition
Unabridged.
Status
Port Angeles - Talking Books
AUDBK 331.398 BRUDER
1 available
AUDBK 331.398 BRUDER
1 available
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Audiobooks.
Casual labor -- United States.
Migrant labor -- United States.
Older people -- Employment -- United States.
Recreational vehicle living -- United States.
Retirees -- Employment -- United States.
Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Van life -- United States.
Working poor -- United States.
Casual labor -- United States.
Migrant labor -- United States.
Older people -- Employment -- United States.
Recreational vehicle living -- United States.
Retirees -- Employment -- United States.
Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Van life -- United States.
Working poor -- United States.
More Details
Published
[Minneapolis, MN] : HighBridge Audio, [2017].
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (10 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
9781681687186
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Compact discs.
Participants/Performers
Read by Karen White.
Description
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. 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.' On frequently traveled routes between seasonal jobs, Jessica Bruder meets people from all walks of life: a former professor, a McDonald's vice president, a minister, a college administrator, and a motorcycle cop, among many others; including her irrepressible protagonist, a onetime cocktail waitress, Home Depot clerk, and general contractor named Linda May.