{"product_id":"a-truckers-tale-wit-wisdom-and-true-stories-from-60-years-on-the-road","title":"A Trucker's Tale: Wit, Wisdom, and True Stories from 60 Years on the Road","description":"Wit, wisdom, adventure, and revelations from sixty years on the road.\n\nThey say that only truck drivers experience the true grandeur and landscape of America: the winding mountainsides at sunrise, the first frosts of winter descending on apple orchards, the call of the rising roosters. In A Trucker's Tale, Ed Miller gives an inside look at the allure of the work and the colorful characters who haul our goods on the open road. He shares what it was like to grow up in a boisterous trucking family, his experience as an equipment officer in Vietnam, the wide range of vehicles he's mounted, and the daily trials, tribulations, risks, and exploits that define life as a trucker.\n\nEd's vibrant, no-holds-barred tales are hilarious and heartwarming, sometimes cringeworthy or unbelievable―recollections of heroic feats as well as the \"fishing stories\" that have stretched and shifted from CB radio to CB radio. Many are the results of what he calls \"just plain stupidity.\" Others bring to light the small acts of kindness and grand gestures that these Knights of the Highway perform each day, as well as the safety risks and continual danger that these essential workers endure. Together they paint a compelling portrait of one of the most important but least-known industries and reveal why Ed, and so many like him, just kept on truckin'.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1948062380\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1948062380.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Miller, Ed\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43155758579773,"sku":"BVV.1948062380.G","price":6.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1948062380-0.jpg?v=1778189885","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/a-truckers-tale-wit-wisdom-and-true-stories-from-60-years-on-the-road","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}