My Life Through A Broken Windshield
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (980 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B006FJP7XU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 485 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"My Life Through A Broken Windshield" according to axle jay black. 'My life Through A Broken Windshield' is no literary masterpiece; McConaghy said it himself. It's better than that. It's a mighty good yarn, very well told. I used to think of myself as a real hot shot gear jamber until I read Mel McConaghy's account of his experiences. I don't think that anymore! Delivering huge ungainly loads of heavy equipment to remote mine sites in the B.C. and Yukon mountains, using cat trails up steep, narrow, snow covered switchbacks takes a certain breed of men. I believe that the author is of. Michael said An old timer tells his storey. I enjoyed this book because it was written by a real truck driver, telling about his life, he tells about life on the road throughout his career in Canada in the 60's, 70's, and 80's. He uses trucker language and so his storey is easy to relate to as I am a retired truck driver as well. It was nice reading about how different things were in his day as I drove in the 90's, 00's, and 10's, If you are a truck driver, or you want to know what it is like to be a truck driver, I would recomend this book as a must read.
One minute I'm cruising through a twilight tunnel of light, the next minute it was like someone had thrown a dirty white sheet over the front of my truck. It happened so fast. I couldn't see anything except my dashlights, the end of my hood and that damn dirty grey fog.. I looked to the left knowing there's a rock face on that side, but I couldn't see it! I thought that if I was lucky, I'd find the barriers on the right, meant stop the truck and I from crashing down a thousand feet or more to the rushing Fraser river below. I couldn't see the