{"product_id":"the-essential-book-of-pickup-trucks-paperback","title":"The Essential Book of Pickup Trucks - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFred Haefele\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the sixty million pickups on U.S. highways today, just one in eight was bought for work purposes. The remaining fifty-four million are what truck dealers call \"lifestyle purchases.\" Does the pickup impulse spring from some deep, organic longing? For agrarian roots, for simpler times, for a driving experience larger than life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Essential Book of Pickup Trucks\u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir about the complex role pickups have played in Fred Haefele's life and in American culture at large. Growing up near the GM truck plant in Flint, Michigan, young Haefele was delighted by these centaur-like vehicles. In his adult life as an arborist, teacher, and father, pickups bore him through hard times and disaster, high adventure, triumph, and love. Through his tenure with twelve trucks, Haefele recounts his experiences with tree climbing and academia, masculinity and motor culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Haefele, pickup trucks hold a unique place in the American psyche--equal parts fantasy steed and dray horse, they're avatars of the American spirit. \u003cem\u003eThe Essential Book of Pickup Trucks\u003c\/em\u003e is, like his trucks, uniquely free-spirited: love story, blue-collar writer's tale, and motor-head memoir. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFred Haefele\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, teacher, and retired arborist. He is the author of the award-winning motorcycle memoir \u003cem\u003eRebuilding the Indian\u003c\/em\u003e (Bison Books, 2005) and the nonfiction collection \u003cem\u003eExtremophilia\u003c\/em\u003e. Haefele's work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eOutside\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWired\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, Salon.com, \u003cem\u003eMontana Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and other venues, and he has written documentaries for the PBS American Experience series. He lives in Missoula, Montana, with his wife, Caroline Patterson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFred Haefele\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, teacher, and retired arborist. He is the author of the award-winning motorcycle memoir \u003ci\u003eRebuilding the Indian\u003c\/i\u003e (Bison Books, 2005) and the nonfiction collection \u003ci\u003eExtremophilia\u003c\/i\u003e. Haefele's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Salon.com, \u003ci\u003eMontana Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and other venues, and he has written documentaries for the PBS American Experience series. He lives in Missoula, Montana, with his wife, Caroline Patterson. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47293833445561,"sku":"9781496242280","price":32.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/gjwbp6j36K9781496242280.webp?v=1779857432","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/the-essential-book-of-pickup-trucks-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}