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Record ID marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-012.mrc:127313162:1811
Source marc_columbia
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LEADER: 01811cam a22003494a 4500
001 5640165
005 20221121200018.0
008 060307s2006 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2006007953
020 $a0374280398 (hardcover : alk. paper)
024 3 $a9780374280390
035 $a(OCoLC)OCM64595895
035 $a(NNC)5640165
035 $a5640165
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dC#P$dNNC$dOrLoB-B
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHE199.A2$bM39 2006
082 00 $a388/.044$222
100 1 $aMcPhee, John,$d1931-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79076613
245 10 $aUncommon carriers /$cJohn McPhee.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2006.
300 $a248 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $tA fleet of one -- $tThe ships of Port Revel -- $tTight-assed river -- $tFive days on the Concord and Merrimack rivers -- $tOut in the sort -- $tCoal train -- $tA fleet of one - II.
520 1 $a"This is a book about people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal trains, and carry lobsters through the air: people who work in freight transportation. In recent years, John McPhee has spent considerable time with such people, and Uncommon Carriers is his sketchbook of them, of their work, and of his journeys in their company."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aFreight and freightage.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051743
650 0 $aTransportation.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137027
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006007953-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006007953-d.html
852 00 $bglx$hHE199.A2$iM39 2006