Hobo Nation

Families are going hungry. And two railroad men have just traded their unpaid wages for an aging locomotive.Mac Beans and Ford Hays need a paying customer. When a mysterious businessman offers them a job hauling a guarded boxcar from Boston to Los Angeles, the promise of money is too good to refuse. The instruction sounds simple: deliver the load. Ask no questions.But America has other plans.Along the rails, Mac and Ford encounter hungry children, wandering workers, a singer chasing Hollywood, and travelers with secrets of their own. What begins as a freight job becomes a journey through an overlooked America, where a shared meal can mean survival and friendship comes with obligations no contract can explain.As danger closes in and the cargo's true purpose emerges, the men must decide how much they are willing to risk for people they have never met.Blending humor, suspense, and the grit of Depression-era rail travel, Hobo Nation is a historical adventure about family, prejudice, second chances, and the difficult business of doing right when you barely have enough for yourself.Includes a historical note and a glossary of railway and hobo terms.