03780nam 2200697 450 991045962740332120200520144314.00-8131-8854-70-8131-9108-40-8131-4874-X(CKB)3710000000333917(EBL)1915042(SSID)ssj0001402387(PQKBManifestationID)11833621(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402387(PQKBWorkID)11360338(PQKB)10077318(MiAaPQ)EBC1915042(OCoLC)605213214(MdBmJHUP)muse43821(Au-PeEL)EBL1915042(CaPaEBR)ebr11011670(CaONFJC)MIL690800(OCoLC)900344418(EXLCZ)99371000000033391720150204h20041997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLife on the Ohio /Captain James CoomerPaperback edition.Lexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2004.©19971 online resource (202 p.)Ohio River Valley SeriesMap of Ohio River Valley on endpapers.1-322-59518-6 0-8131-2000-4 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 RiverWho 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; WWhen 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. CoomeOhio River Valley series.River steamersOhio RiverAnecdotesRiver lifeOhio RiverAnecdotesOhio RiverSocial life and customsAnecdotesOhio RiverDescription and travelAnecdotesOhio RiverBiographyAnecdotesElectronic books.River steamersRiver life977/.033Coomer James1928-1049697MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459627403321Life on the Ohio2478947UNINA