The Long HaulThe Long Haul
a Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
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Book, 2017
Current format, Book, 2017, First edition, Available .More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he’s covered more than a million miles packing, loading, and hauling people’s belongings all over America. Known by his trucker handle as U-Turn, he spends his days (and many of his nights) in a 53-foot eighteen-wheeler he calls Cassidy.The Long HaulThe Long HaulThrough it all, Murphy tells poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job: a feisty hoarder in New Hampshire; a Virginia homeowner raging when Murphy’s truck accidentally runs down a stand of trees; an ex-banker in Colorado who treats Finn and his crew with undisguised contempt; a widow who needs Murphy to bring her archeologist husband’s remains and relics to a Navajo burial ceremony in New Mexico. These experiences inspire Finn’s memorable reflections on work, class, and the bonds we form with the things we own and the places we live.The Long Haul
Murphy, a long-haul trucker since 1980, tells stories about his life on the road driving a moving truck. He dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker and has driven all over the US, and here he describes the people he has encountered and worked with, background on the industry, and his reflections on work, class, and the bonds people have with belongings and places. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
A rollicking assessment of life on the Big Slab by a decades-experienced long-haul trucker reflects on the changing realities of the working class as witnessed during journeys ranging from the I-95 Powerland and the Florida Everglades to the truck stops of the Midwest and the Rocky Mountains.
A long-haul trucker reflects on the changing realities of the working class as witnessed during journeys ranging from the I-95 Powerland and the Florida Everglades to the truck stops of the Midwest and the Rocky Mountains.
A long-haul mover’s rollicking account of life out on the Big Slab.
Murphy, a long-haul trucker since 1980, tells stories about his life on the road driving a moving truck. He dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker and has driven all over the US, and here he describes the people he has encountered and worked with, background on the industry, and his reflections on work, class, and the bonds people have with belongings and places. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
A rollicking assessment of life on the Big Slab by a decades-experienced long-haul trucker reflects on the changing realities of the working class as witnessed during journeys ranging from the I-95 Powerland and the Florida Everglades to the truck stops of the Midwest and the Rocky Mountains.
A long-haul trucker reflects on the changing realities of the working class as witnessed during journeys ranging from the I-95 Powerland and the Florida Everglades to the truck stops of the Midwest and the Rocky Mountains.
A long-haul mover’s rollicking account of life out on the Big Slab.
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- New York, N.Y. : W W. Norton & Company, [2017]
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