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From the North Dakota beet fields to California's National Forest campgrounds to Amazon's Texas CamperForce program, employers have discovered a new low-cost labor pool: transient older Americans. With Social security coming up short, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands, forming a growing community of migrant laborers dubbed "workampers." In a secondhand vehicle christened "Van Halen,"...
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Publisher
Alpha, a member of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Fourth edition, First American edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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When you travel in an RV, you enjoy all the comforts and conveniences of home while you see the world. This helpful guide gives you everything you need to know : Advice on taking successful test-drives, negotiating price and options, and getting insurance ; A primer on operating and maintaining you RV's electrical, plumbing, and LP systems. Troubleshooting tips for dealing with inclement weather, accidents, breakdowns, and other potential pitfalls....
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
549 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Josie and her husband have split up, she's been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she's grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancee's family, Josie makes a run for it, figuring Alaska is about as far as she can get without a passport. Josie and her kids, Paul and Ana, rent a rattling old RV named the Chateau, and at first their trip feels like a vacation:...