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John McPhee: Uncommon Carriers (2007, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) 4 stars

This is a book about people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal …

Transportation Infrastructure

3 stars

Longform essays in his ride-along style, on the people and logistics of moving stuff in the early 2000s (so UPS automation and coal trains get chapters). Some jarring casually sexist moments.