Format:
1 online resource (202 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780813148748
Series Statement:
Ohio River Valley Ser
Content:
When young James Coomer was offered a job as deckhand on the tugboat Pat Murphy at a dollar an hour, he took his first smell of diesel fuel and knew he was hooked. Life on the Ohio puts the reader in the pilot's seat as Coomer wrestles with runaway barges, navigates through ice and fog, pacifies angry crew members, and contends with the loneliness of working a thirty-day stretch. A modern counterpart to Twain's account of life as a steamboat pilot, Life on the Ohio depicts the working river as it is today with its immense towboats, gigantic locks and dams, and millions of tons of cargo. Coomer captures the movement of the boats and the colorful language of river people. Coomer admits that he stuck at his job not for money but for love of the river and his work. "Over the years I had experiences I wouldn't trade for a barge full of gold," he says, "and that's what this book is all about.".
Content:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Series Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface: The Ohio and Me -- Harbor Work, 1948-1955 -- I Begin -- Hands On -- Solo -- Roots -- The Wrong Stuff -- Ever Get That Run-Down Feeling? -- A Sticky Affair -- Last of the Muskrateers -- Daddy Cool and the Kid -- Biff! Bam! Pow! -- Moving On -- Towboating, 1955-1980 -- A First Night -- Alphonse and Gaston -- Coffee, the Real Lubricant -- Pride Goeth Before a Bellyache -- Little Cat Feet? -- Ninety-five Percent Boredom, Five Percent Pure Terror -- That's Showbiz, Jack -- Night Lights -- Burial at Sea -- Thirty On, Thirty Off -- Ghosts on the River -- Who Could Ask for More? -- Unscrambled Yegg -- Christmas on the River -- Hang It Up, Pappy -- Hoist by My Own Hippie -- But Why, Man? -- Educating Jerry -- Jerry Locks Out -- The Luck of the Draw -- Days -- Time Out, 1967 -- Happy Landings? -- In the End Is the Beginning -- A Crusoe Adventure -- Manny's Place -- A Companion Arrives -- Last Lapse -- New Orleans Harbor, 1973-1974 -- Vulcan, a Little Tug That Could and Did -- Bab-EI on the Old Miss -- Old China Hand-Out -- Ships That Pass in the Night -- The Odd Couple -- Drown and Out in New Orleans -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813120003
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780813120003
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1915042
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