http://www.amazon.com/Searching-C-McCall-Tom-Claffey/dp/0984302433/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275574025&sr=8-4

Every industry, profession or trade has its icons, its legends. Right up there, near the top of trucking legends, is C.W. McCall. SEARCHING FOR C.W. McCALL reads like a trucker's canon: do what you love, stand by your friends, and honor the rules of the road.

Santiago Lopez and his faithful dog, Sloan, depart the family ranch in Pecos, New Mexico in an old F-150 pickup to search for Santiago's hero of more than thirty years, C.W. McCall. They soon find themselves welcomed by a convoy of 18-wheelers traversing the roads and highways of southern Colorado.

The characters in the story are people you would like to know. Some, most notably Sally Tremaine and Dixie O'Donnell, whose handle is "Hoot 'N' Holler," appeared in Tom Claffey's previous novel, HOOT 'N' HOLLER, which won the Truck Writers of North America 2009 Bronze Communication Award for book of fiction. Do Santiago and Sloan find C.W. McCall? Read the story of their journey and find out!

About the author: Tom Claffey interviewed numerous truckers and fans of C.W. McCall in writing SEARCHING FOR C.W. McCALL. He also met, on several occasions, with Bill Fries, the former advertising executive who created the character, C.W. McCall, and became his voice.

Bill Fries wrote the truckers' anthem, Convoy, and, in the song, introduced the famed Rubber Duck. Claffey, in addition to spending time in a rig, has visited truckstops across the United States, including the world-famous Iowa 80 Truckstop. He and his wife, Sylvia, live in Santa Fe.

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Ellen Voie
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Women In Trucking, Inc.