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010 $a 97014526
020 $a0813120004 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aF520$b.C66 1997
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100 1 $aCoomer, James,$d1928-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97040414
245 10 $aLife on the Ohio /$cJames Coomer.
260 $aLexington, Ky. :$bUniversity Press of Kentucky,$c1997.
263 $a9706
300 $axix, 179 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aThe Ohio River Valley series
520 $aWhen 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.
520 8 $aA third generation river captain who grew up on the Ohio, Coomer has been observing and participating in life on the inland waterways for nearly fifty years.
520 8 $aA 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. Coomer captures the movement of the boats and the colorful language of river people. He reveals that life on the river today is every bit as adventurous and humorous as it has ever been, and not likely to change.
651 0 $aOhio River$xSocial life and customs$vAnecdotes.
651 0 $aOhio River$xDescription and travel$vAnecdotes.
600 10 $aCoomer, James,$d1928-$vAnecdotes.
651 0 $aOhio River$vBiography$vAnecdotes.
650 0 $aRiver steamers$zOhio River$vAnecdotes.
650 0 $aRiver life$zOhio River$vAnecdotes.
830 0 $aOhio River Valley series.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93118130
852 00 $bglx$hF520$i.C66 1997