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(More customer reviews)This is the first book in over 60 years that tells about the life, training, and dangers of the linemen that live and work in every town and city of America.
A very young Glade Elliott just finishes high school when the opportunity to become a lineman presents itself. Meacham, a grizzled old lineman, takes Glade under his wing and begins to teach the young man the 'art' of being a powerlineman. While the old man was one of the first of the trade, he tried to help his young charge avoid the problems faced, but, like a parent trying to help his child learn without mistakes, the elder lineman had difficulty trying to get through to Glade.
Glade then strikes out as a 'boomer' or 'tramp' lineman, travelling the country, meeting interesting people, and learning about life and love at the same time. He learns the extreme hazards of working at the heights and with lethal electricity as he journeys toward the brotherhood of powerlinemen.
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LINEHAND - A young Glade Elliott wanders into an electrifying world unknown to most, a world of high places and lethal high voltage. People know what a lineman is, a man that climbs poles and works on lines, but few have any accurate concept of the training required or the dangers faced.The work is all outdoors, along streets and highways, and in every kind of weather. It goes on at all hours of the day and night, and every day of the year.Adventure and agony, love and despair travel this strange road with young Glade, as he seeks to join this unique brotherhood. He finds true friendship and adventure, but faces death and injury as he discovers the world of tramp linemen.This story takes place in the middle of the twentieth century, the electric century. 1900 began with outhouses, pitcher pumps, and kerosene lanterns, but the following century began with an electrified world. A different world.
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