The Long Haul
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“There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul.”—Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he’s covered more than a million miles as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people’s belongings all over America. In The Long Haul, Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades and the poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job.
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I have an affinity for memoirs that tell unusual stories. The Long Haul is one. Guy from upper middle class quits college to move furniture. So the stories he tells are from that young age into his 60's. He leaves out an unknown number of years when he quit the business but what he writes is entertaining and shows his evolution as a human being. You learn about the quirks of what he calls the “shippers” and their general attitude of superiority over the movers. I have moved 18 times in my life, 6 of them were long haul. I had one bad experience (my first) and have to say I enjoyed 90% of the men and women who moved me; however, Finn's book did make me reassess all of my moves. Quirky story worth reading.
