drawing by Steve Driscoll
sdriscoll@sprint.ca - http://www.powerlineman.com/store/driscoll.htm

LINEHAND
A novel by  Clay Brown
cover photo by Mario Saragosa,    pencil sketches by Steve Driscoll

About LINEHAND

It was springtime in 1953. Eighteen-year-old Glade Elliott stands among a group of men, gazing up at a daunting sight – a narrow pole, planted in the ground shooting straight up into the sky. The gruff superintendent in charge holds up a set of "climbers" and a belt. "Who’s first?" he asks. After watching several men awkwardly attempt to climb the pole and struggle nervously to get back down to solid ground, Glade accepts the challenge. With youthful agility and swiftness, he gallops up to the top of the pole and carefully climbs back down. Little does Glade realize that this skillful display will change the course of his young life.

The Irrigation District is searching for a potential "lineman" to climb utility poles and install and repair electrical lines that will serve the small ID owned system. Having just finished high school and feeling unsure about his future, Glade is pleased to be training for a career that will give him some direction, as well as a comfortable income. He soon learns that the life of a lineman involves much more than showing up for work, doing his job, and going home at night. Ultimately, he finds himself immersed in a world most people know exists, but few have the realization of the training, dangers, and conditions of the electrical lineman. In this world, co-workers become brothers, supervisors become mentors, and ordinary men, through their expertise, tenacity, and commitment, become legends in the trade.

Glade begins his journey under the wing of Mecham, a seasoned veteran who, in his extensive travels, has hovered at the top of poles all over the northwest, and played a significant role in the installation of thousands of miles of electrical line. Mecham’s accomplishments are so extensive that the mere mention of his name catches the attention of almost every man in the field. Mecham shares his wisdom with his young charge.

Glade enlists as an apprentice and sets his sights on someday becoming a Journeyman Lineman. As he focuses his energy on learning all there is to know about his newly chosen profession, he is assigned to various crews and designated numerous responsibilities, both in the air and on the ground.

In pursuit of his Journeyman’s card, Glade puts in many hours and travels to numerous work sites. Each job is a lesson in itself. Sometimes the linemen are forced to work around the clock, which greatly tests their concentration and endurance.

On one job, Glade witnesses the greatest danger of the lineman’s trade when an apprentice is electrocuted.

Throughout his travels, Glade makes the acquaintance of several interesting women. Betty Olson, a waitress at a small-town café, Susan McBride, the sister of Glade’s friend Kender, is a college student with an independent spirit, and an ultimately embarrassing fling with a spoiled heiress

LINEHAND should be available in the fall of 2002 -
For information or autographed pre-orders, contact Clay Brown at
clay@linehand.com

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