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01909nam a2200349Ia 4500 001 D98CB94679D511DFA2DF74C06AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20200828010432 008 100615s2010 cou 000 0aeng d 020 $a 1432743783 020 $a 9781432743789 020 $a 1432743767 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781432743765 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)641720267 040 $a JIP $c JIP $d SILO $d SILO 100 1 $a West, Eric Hall. 245 1 $a Truck : $b a quarter-life crisis handled poorly / $c Eric Hall West. 260 $a Denver, Colo. : $b OutskirtsPress, $c c2010. 300 $a 272 p. ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a A naive, but proud Gen-Xer, Eric West hadn't the vaguest idea how to drive a manual transmission when he decided the time was right to leave the desk job behind to become a truck driver. Driving 18 wheels, harder than he could have anticipated, was a cakewalk compared to the fish-out-of-water challenges of life lived atop those same 18 wheels. Join Eric behind the wheel of his rig where he navigates - and survives - one of America's deadliest careers while encountering a cast of unforgettable characters and experiences. At turns heartwarming and life affirming, uproariously funny and adrenaline-pumping - TRUCK is impossible to put down; an irreverent, insightful and image-shattering page turner that will make you think twice before cutting off that big rig--Publisher's description. 600 10 $a West, Eric Hall. 650 0 $a Truck drivers $z Iowa $v Biography. 650 0 $a Generation X $z Iowa $v Biography. 941 $a 6 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119012104.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20211102013517.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722024935.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006053526.0 952 $l HIPC765 $d 20100920154845.0 952 $l BGPE251 $d 20100617010704.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D98CB94679D511DFA2DF74C06AFF544E 994 $a 02 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search