Nomadland

By Jessica Bruder

Subjects: Employment, Labor movement, united states, Behler, Johannes, Retirees -- Employment, Aged, Working poor, Recreational vehicle living -- United States, Recreational vehicle living, Transients and Migrants, Retirees -- Employment -- United States, Retirees, Large type books, New York Times bestseller, Migrant labor, USA, Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States, Retirement -- economics, Retirement -- Economic aspects, Older people, employment, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions, Older people, Working poor -- United States, United States, Older people -- Employment, Alter, .., nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2021-03-07, Van life -- United States, SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Retirement, Casual labor, Migrant labor -- United States, Casual labor -- United States, Working Poor -- economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography, Van life, Older people -- Employment -- United States

Description: 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," Bruder hits the road to tell an eye-opening tale of the American economy's dark underbelly. -- Page 4 of cover.