Hell finds the delicate balance between our working lives and our lives off the job, and what happens when love arrives to tip the scales. Hamper was born in 1956 in flint, michigan to a blue collar family that worked for general motors. Tales from the assembly line by ben hamper alibris. Rivethead by ben hamper overdrive rakuten overdrive. Tales from the assembly line, by ben hamper right below by clicking the web link download. Rivethead is the tale of bens life working for general motors. Tales from the assembly line, ben hamper ebook rivethead. Tales from the assembly line free online, by ben hamper rivethead. Tales from the assembly line ebook written by ben hamper. Volume 2 of the synchronized universe by claude swanson srn. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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In amongst coworkers going postal in the local bar, drinking. Tales from the assembly line teardown is the tragic and somehow hilarious tale of one mans attempt to return to his hometown. Hamper s tales of his and his neerdowell, misfit coworkers escpades, set in the shadowy nether world of a general motors assembly plant, are hilarious, sad, frightening, an the good news is that rivethead is still in print. Rivethead tales from the assembly line by ben hamper. Tales from the assembly line, published in 1991, is an autobiographical account. Find a library or download libby an app by overdrive. Tales from the assembly line, by ben hamper this is not your time to traditionally likely to guide stores to purchase a publication. A novel based on the hit episode story, by hayes grier. The man the detroit free press calls a blue collar tom wolfe delivers a fullbarreled blast of truth and gritty realit. Well, former gm factory worker and writer ben hamper doesnt have to imagine howie makem. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read rivethead. He has also worked as a correspondent on several of moores television projects. Hamper makes no apologies for any of his actions, many of which were unorthodox or illegal.
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The book details the life of an average kid in flint, michigan who was predestined to end up working as a shoprat in one of the ten auto factory plants in the region. Tales from the assembly line paperback july 1 1992 by ben hamper author 4. Rivethead ebook by ben hamper 9780446554039 rakuten kobo. There was a lot of dry humor which i didn 19t think was amusing and i thought it hindered the thought process of imagining the average blue collar. Tales from the assembly line, michael moore, ben hamper ebook rivethead. Tales from the assembly line by ben hamper goodreads. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading rivethead. From the description over, it is clear that you should read this book rivethead. The moving assembly line was a monumental revolution in the production of cars, and, ultimately in mass production in general. Ben hamper wrote an excellent description of the assembly line and american automobile industry but it was shocking to read how the workers behaved. The history of whaling in america book, kindle leviathan. Tales from the assembly line ben hamper if you ever saw roger and me, youll probably remember ben hamper. Sep, 2012 rivethead ben hamper down and out memoirs of a line assembly worker for gm motors over the 1980s. In amongst coworkers going postal in the local bar, drinking on the job and witnessing mental breakdowns, hamper wrote the book during his shifts on the shop floor.
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