Reservations are recommended as space is limited. Yes! He is driving his 75' tractor trailer to the reading!įree and open to the public.

His first book, 'The Long Haul: A Truckers Tale of Life on the Road,' explores life from the seat of. “The Long Haul comes at a politically relevant moment, with a pleasing balance of humor, wisdom and unvarnished insights into a way of life that makes the American way of life possible.”-Mark Vanhoenacker, best-selling author of Skyfaring But professional drivers get white-knuckled, too, according to trucker Finn Murphy of Boulder. Hear trucker and author Finn Murphy speak about his book The Long Haul: A Truckers Tale of Life on the Road and his experiences moving household goods across. He started working as a long-haul trucker in 1980. These experiences inspire Finn's reflections on work, class, and the bonds we form with the things we own and the places we live.įinn Murphy grew up in Connecticut and now lives in Colorado. He tells poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job: a feisty hoarder in New Hampshire a Virginia homeowner raging when Murphy's truck accidentally runs down a stand of trees an ex-banker in Colorado who treats Finn and his crew with undisguised contempt a widow who needs Murphy to bring her archeologist husband's remains and relics to a Navajo burial ceremony in New Mexico. In The Long Haul, Murphy offers a trucker's-eye view of America on the move. Since then he's covered more than a million miles in his 18-wheeler, packing, loading, and hauling. More than 30 years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker.

The Long Haul by Finn Murphy