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ISBN
039335587X
EAN
9780393355871
Date of Publication
20180605
Publication Name
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Type
Paperback / softback
Release Title
The Long Haul - A Trucker`s Tales of Life on the Road
Artist
Murphy, Finn
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
039335587X
ISBN-13
9780393355871
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10038264815

Product Key Features

Book Title
Long Haul : a Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Personal Memoirs, General, Automotive / Trucks, Industries / Transportation
Genre
Transportation, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Author
Finn Murphy
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7.4 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Exquisite.... Murphy can cross class boundaries as smoothly as changing lanes on the highway.... Readers even passingly familiar with the burgeoning literary genre we might call hillbilly elegiacs... will find Murphy's more nuanced perspective refreshing., An adventure story and... a peek into an occupation whose practitioners we see rolling down the highway., Finn Murphy... bring[s] readers along for a rollicking ride through a trucker's world and [provides] an insider's eye, pairing it with an involving series of encounters., The Long Haul can be almost shamefully enjoyable, allowing readers to have their fix of 'fabulous-life-of' porn and class outrage, too. . . . [T]he stories Murphy tells . . . my goodness, how astonishing they are, and how moving, and how funny, and how just plain weird. -- Jennifer Senior (New York Times Book Review) Like priests, movers shepherd us through life's transitions; like cowboys, truckers drive the roads we'll never know. Both see America in ways the rest of us don't. In The Long Haul, Murphy . . . bring[s] us into his semi-mythic world. -- Joshua Rothman (The New Yorker) The Long Haul delivers because it is a survey of a culture fused to a working man's memoir--and Murphy, smartly, avoids sentiment and lazy comparisons. -- Jeffery Gleaves (The Paris Review) A rare, fascinating glimpse into the lives of big-rig pilots and the people they move... The Long Haul beguil[es] readers with wit, wisdom and observations born from decades in transit. -- Jason Blevins (Denver Post) There's nothing semi about Finn Murphy's trucking tales of The Long Haul. -- Sloane Crosley (Vanity Fair) A veteran driver's informative, humorous and beautifully detailed memoir. . . . It's a hoot to ride along with Murphy. -- Irene Wanner (The Seattle Times) It's [Murphy's] rich perspective as a mover that makes this story of trucking life so insightful. . . . A well-written story that rarely slows down. -- Nathan Deuel (Los Angeles Times) Finn Murphy . . . bring[s] readers along for a rollicking ride through a trucker's world and [provides] an insider's eye, pairing it with an involving series of encounters. -- The Midwest Book Review, Like priests, movers shepherd us through life's transitions; like cowboys, truckers drive the roads we'll never know. Both see America in ways the rest of us don't. In The Long Haul, Murphy... bring[s] us into his semi-mythic world., Like a Mark Twain behind the wheel, [Murphy] takes us on the road coast to coast and city to city with a voice that's honest and direct and sometimes even poetic., The Long Haul delivers because it is a survey of a culture fused to a working man's memoir--and Murphy, smartly, avoids sentiment and lazy comparisons.
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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 as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people's belongings all over America. In The Long Haul , Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades and the poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job., "There's nothing semi about Finn Murphy's trucking tales of The Long Haul."--Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair, 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. In The Long Haul , Murphy offers a trucker's-eye view of America on the move. Going far beyond the myth of the American road trip, he whisks readers down the I-95 Powerlane, across the Florida Everglades, in and out of the truck stops of the Midwest, and through the steep grades of the Rocky Mountains. As he crisscrosses the country, Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades, from the hollowing-out of small towns to changing tastes in culture and home furnishings. Through 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. Brimming with personality and filled with great characters, The Long Haul is a resonant portrait of the enduring appeal of manual labor in the dark underbelly of the American Dream., "There's nothing semi about Finn Murphy's trucking tales of The Long Haul ."--Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair 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 as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people's belongings all over America. In The Long Haul , Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades and the poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job.

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