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'''Green Wool Blanket Roll.''' Tied with rope. Wool or wool blend. Dimensions:  Mid-to-late 20th century. Collected 2009, c.e.

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This tidy blanket roll is based on the title-page illustration of "Tales of an American Hobo," Charles Elmer Fox's 1989 memoir. Known as "Reefer Charlie" (a reefer is a refrigerator car on a train), Fox mingles personal reminiscence, a philosophy of liberty and responsibility, and a love for free travel by the scenic route.

The use of the blanket roll and other techniques for sleeping warm and dry outdoors echo the skills needed for wilderness travel and military service in the field. Hobo folklore stresses the values of skills for outdoor living and safe, successful travel, and the virtues of handling oneself and one's gear properly.

[[category:Living Outdoors; You Carry Everything with You]]