King of the Road: True Tales from a Legendary Ice Road Trucker
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (587 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118148282 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
ALEX DEBOGORSKI is the larger-than-life costar of History's top-rated show, Ice Road Truckers. . He's the father of eleven children and the grandfather of ten grandchildren, married to his childhood sweetheart for almost forty years, and brimming with stories to tell
Leon said Ice road trucker stori6. I have always admired the truckers, the rigs they drive, the things they see and hear. Alex is a great story teller. This book is full of stories about his life. Told as only the best story teller can. It reminded me of when I was a youngster and the adults would talk about the past. Easy to read and a book to share. RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: IMAGINE JOHN WAYNE DRIVING A TRUCK ON THE NORTHERN ICE!" Though I have never watched an episode of Ice Road Truckers on the History Channel I have seen the commercials. I was always curious about it but never got around to watching an episode. When I saw this book at the store it caught my attention and I thought this character Alex Debogorski would be a fun guy to get to know. Needless to say before I even finished the book I. "book" according to Elaine Brandenburg. Didn't order this
Alex shares tales of his adventures-and misadventures-in the north, and explain, in his own entertaining voice, how he got to where he is today-working class hero, bona-fide celebrity, and the improbable star of a smash-hit television show. Whether he's recounting tales about his hair-raising confrontations with bears, calculating the strength of newly formed ice, divulging the secrets of providing security in a bar room full of combative, drunken miners, or saving the life of another trucker, he keeps you wanting more.The first inside look at industry legend and fan favorite Alex Debogorski, a devout Christian, father of 11 children, and the world's best known truck driverIncludes thrilling adventures and behind-the-scenes insights that you won't find on the showFeatures sidebars that explain the facts about ice roads, from how they're made to when and why they splinter and breakKing of the Road gives fans of Ice Road Truckers a deep look inside the life and times of the show's biggest rising star.. Alex is a natural storyteller who knows how to spin tales about his colorful life growing up in the backwoods. <
You'll never meet a trucker with more amazing stories to tell than Alex Debogorski, and you'll never find a book more packed with them than King of the Road. The heater is purring away. You'll find out how he saved a rookie driver who was trapped inside a wrecked truck as diesel fuel poured from its ruptured tank, how a road grader almost crushed him to death, and why he's still here to tell the tale. Alex could never leave behind a damsel in distress and tells the tale of how he helped a girl escape from the back of a speeding car—in true Hollywood style—without stopping. They're like little kids in a bunkhouse after the adults have put out the lights. From the Inside Flap "Nighttime is when truckers get talkative. . It's lonely out here. He's been stabbed and burned, hit by a train, run over by a truck the size of a house; he's broken his nose eight times and almost frozen to death. I've got a hot cup of coffee in my hand, and I'm going to sta