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Sebastian Ritscher |
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NOMADLAND
Surviving America In The Twenty-First Century
A report on America's nomadic work force, the transient workers of the modern age in America.
The story begins with Linda May: a silver-haired, 64-year-old grandmother traveling in a 28-foot Eldorado RV, working for Amazon’s Camper Force, one of many employers who are taking advantage of the burgeoning community of low-wage workers living in vans and RVs.
Inspired by the lives of transient workers like Linda May, Bruder delves into the history of this tenuous economy, creating compelling portraits of American nomads who travel in their mobile campers from job to job. By immersing herself in this unique lifestyle, NOMADLAND tells the stories of people who have true grit, who are adaptive, resilient and determined to pursue their dreams.
NOMADLAND is based on Jessica Bruder’s “The End of Retirement,” a Harper’s Magazine cover feature that won the 2015 Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism.
Jessica Bruder is the author of BURNING BOOK (Simon & Schuster), about the annual Burning Man festival, which The Los Angeles Times called “quietly poetic.” She has also written for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Observer, the Associated Press, The Oregonian, The International Herald Tribune, Inc. Magazine and O, the Oprah Magazine. She has been an adjunct professor at Columbia’s Journalism School for seven years and, when she’s not on the road, makes her home in Brooklyn with Max the spaniel.
Inspired by the lives of transient workers like Linda May, Bruder delves into the history of this tenuous economy, creating compelling portraits of American nomads who travel in their mobile campers from job to job. By immersing herself in this unique lifestyle, NOMADLAND tells the stories of people who have true grit, who are adaptive, resilient and determined to pursue their dreams.
NOMADLAND is based on Jessica Bruder’s “The End of Retirement,” a Harper’s Magazine cover feature that won the 2015 Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism.
Jessica Bruder is the author of BURNING BOOK (Simon & Schuster), about the annual Burning Man festival, which The Los Angeles Times called “quietly poetic.” She has also written for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Observer, the Associated Press, The Oregonian, The International Herald Tribune, Inc. Magazine and O, the Oprah Magazine. She has been an adjunct professor at Columbia’s Journalism School for seven years and, when she’s not on the road, makes her home in Brooklyn with Max the spaniel.
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Published 2017-09-26 by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. - New York (USA) |
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Published 2017-09-26 by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. - New York (USA) |