LEADER 03780nam 2200697 450 001 9910459627403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-8854-7 010 $a0-8131-9108-4 010 $a0-8131-4874-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000333917 035 $a(EBL)1915042 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001402387 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11833621 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402387 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11360338 035 $a(PQKB)10077318 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915042 035 $a(OCoLC)605213214 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43821 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915042 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11011670 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690800 035 $a(OCoLC)900344418 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000333917 100 $a20150204h20041997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLife on the Ohio /$fCaptain James Coomer 205 $aPaperback edition. 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d2004. 210 4$dİ1997 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 225 1 $aOhio River Valley Series 300 $aMap of Ohio River Valley on endpapers. 311 $a1-322-59518-6 311 $a0-8131-2000-4 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aWho 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 330 $aWhen young James Coomer was offered a job as deckhand on the tugboat Pat Murphy at a dollar an hour, he took his first smell of diesel fuel and knew he was hooked. Life on the Ohio puts the reader in the pilot's seat as Coomer wrestles with runaway barges, navigates through ice and fog, pacifies angry crew members, and contends with the loneliness of working a thirty-day stretch. A modern counterpart to Twain's account of life as a steamboat pilot, Life on the Ohio depicts the working river as it is today with its immense towboats, gigantic locks and dams, and millions of tons of cargo. Coome 410 0$aOhio River Valley series. 606 $aRiver steamers$zOhio River$vAnecdotes 606 $aRiver life$zOhio River$vAnecdotes 607 $aOhio River$xSocial life and customs$vAnecdotes 607 $aOhio River$xDescription and travel$vAnecdotes 607 $aOhio River$xBiography$vAnecdotes 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRiver steamers 615 0$aRiver life 676 $a977/.033 700 $aCoomer$b James$f1928-$01049697 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459627403321 996 $aLife on the Ohio$92478947 997 $aUNINA