The Long Haul, Finn Murphy
The Long Haul, Finn Murphy
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The Long Haul
A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road

Author: Finn Murphy

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Unabridged: 8 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/06/2017

Synopsis

More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a trucker. Since then he's covered hundreds of thousands of miles packing, loading, and hauling people's belongings all over America. Murphy whisks listeners down the I-95 Powerlane, across the Florida Everglades, in and out of the truck stops of the Midwest, and through the steep grades of the Rocky Mountains. He tells funny, poignant, and haunting stories of the people he moves: a hoarder in New Hampshire; a Virginia homeowner raging when Murphy's truck accidentally runs down a stand of trees; a widow rushing her archaeologist husband's remains and relics to a Navajo burial ceremony in New Mexico. Brimming with personality and great characters, The Long Haul explores the appeal of manual labor and shows what happens behind the scenes when we call the movers.

About Finn Murphy

Finn Murphy grew up in Connecticut and now lives in Colorado. He started working as a long-haul trucker in 1980. The Long Haul is his first book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Roxane on August 02, 2017

Really interesting book about long haul trucking. I wanted more narrative cohesion. This is more a series of vignettes than a unified narrative. But the writer is fascinating and there is so much information here about how moving works. Also some unexpected insights on race and class. The book is wo......more

Goodreads review by Katie on December 07, 2017

Non-fiction book about long haul moving, explaining to the layperson all the interesting, mundane, and arcane details of a trucker's life. It varied from interesting, thought-provoking, way too detailed (I don't need to know pages of minutiae about weight, volume, percentages of payments, etc.), and......more

Goodreads review by Lynne on June 13, 2017

What a good book. It's the memoir of an autodidactic gentleman trucker. I'd rank it right up with Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.Vance. A thoughtful view of America from ten feet up in a Freightliner, hauling furniture cross-country. The writing is excellent and the narrator impressive and relatable. Here's......more

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