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Faces of the Road: Annette Wilcox, a fresh perspective on life OTR
Retired truck driver, Annette Wilcox, recounts life over the road in her book "Bumping The Dock: A Story of Godâs Grace and an 18-Wheeler". Details here.
October 19, 2020
Overdrive Radio
Sleeper splits toward âKnights of the Highwayâ reawakening? A talk with âTruckerâs Taleâ memoir author Ed Miller
This episode of Overdrive Radio includes retired trucker and author Ed Miller sharing his memoir, "A Truckers Tale"; and truckers' view on hours changes.
May 26, 2020
Channel 19
New book chronicles the pop rise and fall of the âfirst electronic social networkâ
From the âslanguageâ used by truckers and others over the radio to the role of truckers in the CBâs popularity growth in the 1970s, Missouri writer and academic Tim Scherrerâs new book is the culmination of 23 years of research in 296 pages, with 44 illustrations and more than 200 sources.
May 16, 2019
Channel 19
Watermelon Slim tour dates, and a special guest in Indiana Feb. 2
Overdriveâs own âLong Haul Paulâ Marhoefer joins Slim at the Feb. 2 performance. Also: The long and short on former owner-op and âIn the Driverâs Seatâ trucking-memoir author Marc Mayfieldâs new work of page-turning detective fiction, âOn Grove Street.â
January 14, 2019
Channel 19
New photo book from short-time trucker offers fresh perspectives from the road
The images in Andrew Bennett Cohenâs âFuel Islandsâ run the gamut from landscapes at the fuel island to telling images like that of three empty chairs around a computer kiosk, presumably from a truck stop â a legend on the wall above the computer exhorts viewers to âFind Your PerfectFitCareer.â
December 18, 2018
Overdrive Extra
âHighway Hellionâ Meredith Ochsâ new history of women in rock music
Most in trucking might best know Ochs as cohost of the former Freewheelinâ program on Sirius XMâs Road Dog Trucking Radio channel, but her exhaustive knowledge of music stems from decades as both a broadcaster and writer in multiple genres.
November 12, 2018
Channel 19
âRolling CB interviewsâ get book treatment on centennial of sorts
The new â#Whostruckisthatâ hardback tome from Big Rig Videosâ Chris Fiffie and Stephanie Haas of Diesel Addict Photos has been out and available for a few months now, chronicling in hardback, full-color fashion the first 100 of Fiffieâs vanguard âRolling CB Interviewsâ with truckers.
August 30, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Faces of the Road: HHG hauler/American author Finn Murphy
Long Haul Paul Marhoeferâs detailing of how young Murphy âacquired a love for âlow company and hard workâ while working at Danâs Service Station in Cos Cob, Connecticut,â and more in a life and business hauling HHG, part of it chronicled in his âThe Long Haulâ book.
July 16, 2018
Business
Pictorial history chronicles American trucks
Ron Adamsâ new pictorial history, American Semi Trucks: A Photo History of Trucks at Work, details the evolution of tractor-trailer styles and engineering through three and a half decadesâ worth of classic models beginning at 1943.
July 11, 2018
Business
Only on Saturdays, in the driveway. Definitely.
âIâve never been great at self-marketing. I prefer to kind of linger in the shadows and write stuff about things that happen â either to us or to other people. I like telling stories. So, Iâm still kind of amazed when someone recognizes me â especially outside of the trucking realm. âŚâ
November 13, 2017
Business
Five-year overhaul, cominâ right up
âWell folks, the shark bite-Frankenstein hand is shot again. Itâs time for my five-year overhaul, and I really wouldnât mention it [but] I feel like I should probably explain why I appear to be giving the finger to the entire world, 24/7, just in case photos surface.â
May 24, 2017
Business
When the table of contents belongs in the back of the book
âIf youâd like to have a book you can open anywhere and read for a few minutes, and put down sans bookmark without worrying about losing your place, this is your kind of book. And if that sounds remarkably like a great bathroom bookâŚâ
May 1, 2017
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