Trucker's Tale

Wit, wisdom, adventure, andrevelations from sixty years on the road. They say that only truckdrivers experience the true grandeur and landscape of America: the windingmountainsides at sunrise, the first frosts of winterdescending on appleorchards, the call of the rising roosters. InA Trucker's Tale, EdMiller gives an inside look at the allure of the work and the colorfulcharacterswho haul our goods on the open road. He shares what it was like to grow up in a boisterous trucking family, his experience as anequipment officer in Vietnam, the wide range of vehicles he's mounted, andthe daily trials,tribulations, risks, and exploits that define life as a trucker. Ed's vibrant, no-holds-barredtales are hilarious and heartwarming, sometimes cringeworthy or unbelievable-recollections of heroicfeats as well as the "fishing stories" thathave stretched and shifted from CB radio to CB radio. Many arethe results ofwhat he calls "just plain stupidity." Others bring to light the small acts ofkindness and grand gestures that these Knights of the Highway performeach day,as well as the safety risks and continual danger that these essential workersendure. Together they paint a compelling portrait of one of the most important but least-knownindustries and reveal why Ed, and so many like him, just kept on truckin'.