Trucker

Do you see that poor devil driving a semi? Ever think about driving one yourself? Think it'll be a lark? Yes? Let me tell you, it's not like in the funny papers or on TV. The trucking experience can be an unpleasant jolt. It's a way of life that surprised and disconcerted us, just as it will surprise and disconcert you. Follow us as we join the brotherhood and pilot our semi across the country.

In Trucker, you'll find answers to your questions, suck as:

* What is it like up there in the cab - to drive one of those things, mile after mile?
*Is the rig comfortable, or is it a kidney-buster like the old ones?
*Where do truckers stop to eat, and what’s the food like?
*Where do they sleep?
*What’s their family life like?
*What in the world possesses truckers to truck in the first place?

Trucker, by Merlin Sprague, is a first-person account of the trucking experience in all its glory. Down on their luck, Merlin and his wife, Jo, drove a trans-continental semi after spending whole carers in the telecom and software business.

Ride along with Merlin and Jo, joining them in their mind-expanding Adventure. You’ll read of:
*Truck school and Lenny, the Spitter.
*Thanksgiving spent with Fearless Leader.
*Spending Tuesday evening until Friday noon, driving from LA to New Jersey.
*The joy of home time (what little there is).
*Being marooned for three days in a Montana blizzard.
*Squalid truck stops and filthy company terminals.
*The fishmobile and Henry, the Horrid, a churlish and unpleasant trucker.
*The slow decay of body and mind.

Merlin has broken Trucker into segments that are really stories all by themselves. This makes Trucker ideal for the reader on the go, as well as for the homebody nodding by the fireplace.