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After McQueen left Chino at 16, he returned to Julia, now living in Greenwich Village, but almost immediately left again and gained employment as a " towel boy " in a brothel where his remuneration included unlimited access to the " merchandise ".

He then met two sailors from the Merchant Marine and volunteered to serve on a ship bound for the Dominican Republic.

Once there, he abandoned his new post, eventually making his way to Texas, and drifted from job to job.

He worked as an oil rigger, as a trinket salesman in a carnival, and as a lumberjack.