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Title: Kept Me Riveted
Review: I've read all of Ted Conover's books now, but I read this one, his first book, last. Perhaps I think this because it's most recent in my memory, but I think it's the best of all of them, and I think they're all worth reading. This is an experience which I hope to never experience first hand, but should I ever need to ride in a boxcar, I certainly picked up plenty of tips about boarding them, the etiquette of sharing a boxcar, and how to stay warm. The risks the writer took were extreme, and I commend his parents for not dying from worry. After reading this, I also look at homeless people a little differently, not more sympathetically, but with more awareness that they view "normal" people like me as another tribe altogether, and that given the chance many would not have any qualms about stealing from me or worse.
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