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From the beetroot fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labour pool, made up largely of transient older adults. These invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in RVs and modified vans, forming a growing community of nomads.

One day in the spring of 2013, a box appeared outside a fourth-floor apartment door in Brooklyn. The recipient, who didn't know the sender, only knew she was supposed to bring this box to a friend, who would ferry it to another friend. Thus the biggest national security leak of the digital era was launched via the US Postal Service. This is just one of the odd, ironic details that emerges from the story of how Jessica Bruder and Dale Maharidge, two experienced journalists but security novices got drawn into the Edward Snowden story as behind-the-scenes players. 

Zehntausende Menschen in Amerika sind unterwegs. Sie leben in Wohnmobilen, Vans, Anhängern. Übernachten auf Supermarkt-Parkplätzen, neben den Highways, in der Wüste. Sie schaufeln Zuckerrüben in North Dakota, reinigen Toiletten in den Nationalparks von Kalifornien, arbeiten Zwölf-Stunden-Schichten im Amazon-Versandzentrum im winterlichen Texas. Und sie haben eines gemeinsam: Sie sind alt. Der American Dream hat für sie Bingo-Spielen und Gartenpflege vorgesehen.