Rick L. Huffman
I was very impressed with his efforts on this. I didn't get the feeling he was an "always wanted to be a writer" sort of guy, but he was certainly smart enough and introspective enough to come up with an excellent memoir. You got to appreciate truckers, just a little bit, after reading this. The stereotype (fat, vulgar, loose of morals and rude) is not always true--a whole lot of them are decent guys who just want to make a living. And the obstacles against them are many--trucking companies, dispatchers, delivery docks, rain, snow, ice, narrow roads, unmarked routes, and even an occasional low bridge can really ruin a trucker's day.
I think the real reason he wrote this memoir was to have a chance to publish an ode to his cat, Kitty. Kitty traveled the many miles with him and even when she grew too old and went into retirement at home, she still wanted to keep on going.
As to recommending this, well, I enjoyed it. But I have to admit that it seemed a little shallow on detail at times, especially when something spectacularly idiotic or frightening happened. I guess it was hard to take detailed notes while you were jackknifed in a loading dock with half your trailer sticking out into traffic.
And also I admit that after about halfway through the book, I got bored with his insistence on adding little "one liner descriptions" of all the places he traveled to. So-and-so is famous for a something that closed down in sometime because of problems with the such-and-such. It got really old, but then, nothing that you can't blip over while reading.
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