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Tag: Fred Afflerbach
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âThe Backhaulâ â excerpting Fred Afflerbachâs âThe Bison & the Butterflyâ novel
This excerpt from Fred Afflerbachâs new âThe Bison & the Butterflyâ comes from the beginning of the second big section of the book, âThe Backhaul,â following 70-year-old small fleet owner-operator Ubi Sunt and his teenage grandson, Jeremy, across their trek from Texas toward Jeremyâs home in Philadelphia.
February 24, 2017
Channel 19
Out now: âThe Bison & the Butterflyâ â rollicking sequel to former owner-operator Fred Afflerbachâs âRoll Onâ novel
A road novel of the classic sort, the new book builds on the foundations laid by its predecessor â Afflerbachâs empathic, often hilarious, moving depiction of two generations of men coming back together through lived experience after separation and loss is a master turn in the literary arts.
February 23, 2017
Channel 19
A night in jail on account of an unloaded pistol in the truck
Fred Afflerbach recalls the state of Massachusettsâ treatment of carrying out-of-state firearms round about 1980 â and more voices on issues of parking and personal protection on the road.
February 21, 2017
Channel 19
On-highway reads: Revisiting âIn the Driverâs Seatâ
Writer and former owner-operator Marc Mayfield will be interviewed Thursday, March 7 at 7 p.m. EST on the Truth About Trucking Live online radio program.
March 6, 2013
Channel 19
Strikes, stonings back in the South African trucking mix
A three-week work stoppage by a majority of South African drivers that resorted in trucker-to-trucker violence shows history can repeat itself just one year on.
October 15, 2012
Channel 19
Excerpting âRoll On,â a novel by Fred Afflerbach
The book is out, owner-operators. And what a book it is, telling the story, as Iâve written here, of owner-operator Ubi Sunt, an old-school âbedbuggerâ and child of the orphan trains facing down in the early 1980s an incoming rush of new faces, new ways of doing business, new pressure from his family to settle [âŚ]
April 17, 2012
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Roadside Attractions
New life for old classics, Loveâs connect app, the Aurora Borealis and more industry news and oddities are featured.
April 1, 2012
Channel 19
Former operatorâs novel immortalizes trail-blazing independents
Fred Afflerbach didnât set out to launch a trucking career when he took a job working for a Bekins Van Lines-affiliated moving company in Austin, Texas, in high school in the 1970s. He caught the fever all the same. âThe owner-operators would come rolling in and the drivers are telling stories and your eyes are [âŚ]
March 13, 2012
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