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MIKE BRODIE: A PERIOD OF JUVENILE PROSPERITY
(BRODIE, MIKE). Brodie, Mike. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 2013. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (104pp), 60 color illustrations. Designed by Jack Woody. "At seventeen Mike Brodie hopped his first train close to his home in Pensacola, Florida thinking he would visit a friend in Mobile, Alabama. Instead, the train went in the opposite direction to Jacksonville. Days later, Brodie rode the same train home, arriving back where he started. Nonetheless, it sparked something and Brodie began to wander across the U.S. by any means that were free - walking, hitchhiking and train hopping. Shortly after, Brodie found a camera stuffed behind a car seat. He subsequently spent years crisscrossing the country documenting his experiences, now appreciated as one of the most impressive archives of American travel photography. When asked about his approach to travel and photography Brodie has said "sometimes I take a train the wrong way or... whatever happens a photo will come out of it, so it doesn't really matter where I end up". A brand new, pristine example of the 2013 first printing of this much-talked-about essay on twenty-first century Hobo subculture limited to three thousand unnumbered copies still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-936611-02-3 Inventory Number: 025633