Waiting for Nothing And Other Writings

Tom Kromer (1906-1969), the son of an immigrant coal miner and a glass-factory worker, was born in Huntington, West Virginia. Forced by lack of funds to cut his college career short, Kromer headed west in a fruitless search for work in 1929. He spent the subsequent five years roaming America by rail, living the tenuous life of a bum. The ordeal ruined Kromer's health. He struggled with tuberculosis for the rest of his life, growing steadily more reclusive until his deathKromer, Tom is the author of 'Waiting for Nothing And Other Writings', published 2004 under ISBN 9780820323688 and ISBN 0820323683.