The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road,Used

The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road,Used

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Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
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A longhaul movers rollicking account of life out on the Big Slab.More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a longhaul trucker. Since then hes covered more than a million miles packing, loading, and hauling peoples belongings all over America. Known by his trucker handle as UTurn, he spends his days (and many of his nights) in a 53foot eighteenwheeler he calls Cassidy.In The Long Haul, Murphy offers a truckerseye view of America on the move. Going far beyond the myth of the American road trip, he whisks readers down the I95 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 hollowingout of small towns to changing tastes in culture and home furnishings.Some 40 million Americans move each year, and very few have any idea what theyre getting into or the kind of person to whom they are relinquishing their worldly goods. The Long Haul is also a behindthescenes look at the moving industry, revealing what really happens when we call in the movers.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 Murphys truck accidentally runs down a stand of trees; an exbanker in Colorado who treats Finn and his crew with undisguised contempt; a widow who needs Murphy to bring her archeologist husbands remains and relics to a Navajo burial ceremony in New Mexico. These experiences inspire Finns 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.

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