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Uncommon Carriers by John McPhee (2007, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-100865477396
ISBN-139780865477391
eBay Product ID (ePID)57207767
Product Key Features
Book TitleUncommon Carriers
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Europe / Great Britain / General, Essays, Industries / Transportation
Publication Year2007
GenreTransportation, Business & Economics, Literary Collections, History
AuthorJohn Mcphee
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Reviews"To read the studious John McPhee in this sensationalist age, when so many other literary journalists are shrieking from some self-aggrandizing edge, is to be reminded of what the genre should be--artfully reported stories that illuminate who we are."--Robert Braile,The Boston Globe, " To read the studious John McPhee in this sensationalist age, when so many other literary journalists are shrieking from some self-aggrandizing edge, is to be reminded of what the genre should be-- artfully reported stories that illuminate who we are." -- Robert Braile, "The Boston Glob"e, "To read the studious John McPhee in this sensationalist age, when so many other literary journalists are shrieking from some self-aggrandizing edge, is to be reminded of what the genre should be--artfully reported stories that illuminate who we are." -- Robert Braile, The Boston Globe, "To read the studious John McPhee in this sensationalist age, when so many other literary journalists are shrieking from some self-aggrandizing edge, is to be reminded of what the genre should be--artfully reported stories that illuminate who we are."--Robert Braile, "The Boston Glob"e, To read the studious John McPhee in this sensationalist age, when so many other literary journalists are shrieking from some self-aggrandizing edge, is to be reminded of what the genre should be--artfully reported stories that illuminate who we are., "To read the studious John McPhee in this sensationalist age, when so many other literary journalists are shrieking from some self-aggrandizing edge, is to be reminded of what the genre should be--artfully reported stories that illuminate who we are."--Robert Braile, The Boston Glob e
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal388/.044
Table Of Content1. A Fleet of One 2. The Ships of Port Revel 3. Tight-Assed River 4. Five Days on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers 5. Out in the Sort 6. Coal Train 7. A Fleet of One--II
SynopsisThis is a book about people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal trains, and carry lobsters through the air: people who work in freight transportation. John McPhee rides from Atlanta to Tacoma alongside Don Ainsworth, owner and operator of a sixty-five-foot, five-axle, eighteen-wheel chemical tanker carrying hazmats--in Ainsworth's opinion "the world's most beautiful truck," so highly polished you could part your hair while looking at it. He goes "out in the sort" among the machines that process a million packages a day at UPS Air's distribution hub at Louisville International Airport. And (among other trips) he travels up the "tight-assed" Illinois River on a towboat pushing a triple string of barges, the overall vessel being "a good deal longer than the Titanic ," longer even than the Queen Mary 2 . Uncommon Carriers is classic work by McPhee, in prose distinguished, as always, by its author's warm humor, keen insight, and rich sense of human character., McPhee, in prose distinguished by its warm humor, keen insight, and rich sense of human character, looks at the people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal trains, and carry lobsters through the air: people who work in freight transportation., This is a book about people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal trains, and carry lobsters through the air: people who work in freight transportation. John McPhee rides from Atlanta to Tacoma alongside Don Ainsworth, owner and operator of a sixty-five-foot, five-axle, eighteen-wheel chemical tanker carrying hazmats--in Ainsworth's opinion "the world's most beautiful truck," so highly polished you could part your hair while looking at it. He goes "out in the sort" among the machines that process a million packages a day at UPS Air's distribution hub at Louisville International Airport. And (among other trips) he travels up the "tight-assed" Illinois River on a towboat pushing a triple string of barges, the overall vessel being "a good deal longer than the "Titanic,"" longer even than the "Queen Mary 2," "Uncommon Carriers "is classic work by McPhee, in prose distinguished, as always, by its author's warm humor, keen insight, and rich sense of human character.
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- Feb 27, 2022
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Any book by John McPhee is a pleasure to readVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
