The long haul
by Finn Murphy · first published 2017
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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.
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An entertaining book about trucking. But perhaps much has changed since 2017: The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road by Finn Murphy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36236118-the-long-haul
on “Lost Highway: The trials of trucking school” ↗It was Murphy Finn, author of this book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35025680-the-long-haul Here's an HN discussion of the book: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15310849 A passage from the introduction on the hierarchy of truckers that probably has some relevance here: To the casual…
on “America has a truck driver shortage” ↗