Life on the Ohio

by James Coomer

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813191084
• ISBN13: 9780813191089
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher