![]() ![]() Umland thought that they might talk about the challenges of hobo life, but found that Eiseley did not want to talk about it. Umland, in turn, had read two of Eiseley’s own sketches of hobo life in the Schooner. Wimberly had passed part of the manuscript to Eiseley to select parts for publication in the Schooner. Eiseley, as a student editor at Prairie Schooner had actually read portions of Umland’s book manuscript about his experiences as a hobo from 1928-1931. The two had heard about each other for a decade. ![]() “When I met Loren in January, 1936 we had instant rapport,” Umland recalled. ![]() Eiseley, on loan from the National Youth Administration, came to work for the Writers’ Project, and fell into the habit of visiting Umland in his living quarters, a furnished room at 510 South 18th Street in Lincoln. Rudolph Umland was already working for the WPA when he met Loren Eiseley for the first time in 1936. Loren Eiseley, early 1936, on loan to the Writers’ Project from the National Youth Administration ![]()
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