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"This is a book about people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal trains, and carry lobsters through the air: people who work in freight transportation. In recent years, John McPhee has spent considerable time with such people, and Uncommon Carriers is his sketchbook of them, of their work, and of his journeys in their company."--BOOK JACKET.
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Uncommon Carriers, John McPhee
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- Released
- 2006
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- Title
- Uncommon Carriers
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John McPhee
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 0374280398
- ISBN13
- 9780374280390
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Maps & Travel, True Stories, Business, Business & Management, Technology & Engineering, Travel, Science, Cars & Transportation, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Marketing & Sales
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- "This is a book about people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal trains, and carry lobsters through the air: people who work in freight transportation. In recent years, John McPhee has spent considerable time with such people, and Uncommon Carriers is his sketchbook of them, of their work, and of his journeys in their company."--BOOK JACKET.