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1 online resource (202 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Ohio River Valley series
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Ohio River Valley series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Foreword; Foreword; Preface: The Ohio and Me; Harbor Work, 1948-1955; I Begin; Hands On; Solo; Roots; The Wrong Stuff; Ever Get That Run-Down Feeling?; A Sticky Affair; Last of the Muskrateers; Daddy Cool and the Kid; Biff! Bam! Pow!; Moving On; Towboating, 1955-1980; A First Night; Alphonse and Gaston; Coffee, the Real Lubricant; Pride Goeth Before a Bellyache; Little Cat Feet?; Ninety-five Percent Boredom, Five Percent Pure Terror; That's Showbiz, Jack; Night Lights; Burial at Sea; Thirty On, Thirty Off; Ghosts on the River. |
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Who Could Ask for More?Unscrambled Yegg; Christmas on the River; Hang It Up, Pappy; Hoist by My Own Hippie; But Why, Man?; Educating Jerry; Jerry Locks Out; The Luck of the Draw; Days; Time Out, 1967; Happy Landings?; In the End Is the Beginning; A Crusoe Adventure; Manny's Place; A Companion Arrives; Last Lapse; New Orleans Harbor, 1973-1974; Vulcan, a Little Tug That Could and Did; Bab-EI on the Old Miss; Old China Hand-Out; Ships That Pass in the Night; The Odd Couple; Drown and Out in New Orleans; Epilogue; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W. |
| Summary |
When young James Coomer was offered a job as deckhand on the tugboat Pat Murphy at a dollar an hour, he took his first smell of diesel fuel and knew he was hooked. Life on the Ohio puts the reader in the pilot's seat as Coomer wrestles with runaway barges, navigates through ice and fog, pacifies angry crew members, and contends with the loneliness of working a thirty-day stretch. A modern counterpart to Twain's account of life as a steamboat pilot, Life on the Ohio depicts the working river as it is today with its immense towboats, gigantic locks and dams, and millions of tons of cargo. Coome. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Coomer, James, 1928- -- Anecdotes.
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Coomer, James, 1928- |
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Anecdotes.
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Ohio River -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes.
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Ohio River. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Ohio River Region. |
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Ohio River -- Description and travel -- Anecdotes.
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Ohio River -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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River steamers -- Ohio River -- Anecdotes.
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River steamers. |
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River life -- Ohio River -- Anecdotes.
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River life. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Anecdotes.
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Anecdotes.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Coomer, James. Life on the Ohio. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813120003 |
| ISBN |
9780813148748 electronic book |
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081314874X electronic book |
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