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Maurice W. Graham (June 3, 1917 – November 18, 2006), also known as Steam Train Maury, was the five-time holder of the title "King of the Hobos", and was later known as "Patriarch of the Hobos". Born to a broken home in Ohio, he was shunted from father to mother to aunt to married siblings.
Nov 23, 2006 · Steam Train Maury, who started life as Maurice W. Graham until a train whistle’s timeless lament compelled him to hop a freight to freedom and, much later, fame, as the first and only Grand...
Jun 24, 2020 · This a portrait of Steam Train Maury Graham that I produced in the early '80s. It was broadcast nationally on PBS, won an award from the Corporation for Publ...
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- Mark Forman
Nov 22, 2006 · Maurice Graham, who began hitching rides on trains as a teenager and was known as the “King of the Hobos,” died Saturday at a nursing home in Napoleon, Ohio, his family said.
Feb 9, 2013 · I was in the café atrium sipping Dutch coffee one morning when I saw a headlined obituary in the International Herald Tribune newspaper for Steam Train Maury Graham, the Grand Patriarch of the Hobo Nation. I’d never heard of him, but I read his obituary and it grabbed me, he grabbed me, and I knew I’d found the thread of the song I should ...
- Mary Gauthier
Oct 23, 2006 · Steam Train Maury, who started life as Maurice W. Graham until a train whistle's timeless lament compelled him to hop a freight to freedom and, much later, fame, as the first and only...
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He’d been crowned King of the Hobos, his hip hurt, and he wanted to come home. Wanda had all but decided he wasn’t returning, but when Maury called to ask her to dinner, she couldn’t refuse.
