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Logline An abused teenager leaves home at age 13, he jumps up on a boxcar with dreams of being a cowboy. His romantic delusions of grandeur are quickly dashed when he finds that the life of a 13-year-old hobo is anything but carefree. Synopsis He crisscrosses the western part of the U.S. riding freight trains. His adventures take him down a spiraling path of life-... More

Logline An abused teenager leaves home at age 13, he jumps up on a boxcar with dreams of being a cowboy. His romantic delusions of grandeur are quickly dashed when he finds that the life of a 13-year-old hobo is anything but carefree. Synopsis He crisscrosses the western part of the U.S. riding freight trains. His adventures take him down a spiraling path of life-altering events. It's a brutal life, especially for a 13-year-old kid alone. He must learn to fend off sexual predators that are all too happy to befriend a hungry, tired young hitchhiker, as well as the infamous train cops hired to keep bums off the trains, the "Railway Bulls" who beat him to within a few breaths shy of losing his life. But when it almost seems too late, his spirit dares to reawaken when it seems there just might be a faint glimmer of hope left that could change his life... An excerpt I was sitting on top of a boxcar, somewhere in California, fourteen years old at the time. It was getting dark and as the train was slowly going by a town, there were Christmas tree lights and decorations around the eaves and in windows, children were playing. I was sobbing uncontrollably, as I always wanted a happy Christmas Day when I was a child.

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