The American Lineman: Honoring the Evolution and Importance of One of the Nation’s Toughest, Most Admired Professions by Alan Drew
Book Description – The American Lineman: Honoring the Evolution and Importance of One of the Nation’s Toughest, Most Admired Professions
Product Details Hardcover: 528 pages
Publisher: Northwest Lineman College Press (October 6, 2015) Language: English
ISBN-10: 1937498840
ISBN-13: 978-1937498849
Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 10.2 x 1.3 inches
Review
“The greatest historical collection about the history of linemen ever written.”
Andy Price
Executive VP of Global Sales, Buckingham Manufacturing Co.
“I was amazed to see how well the history of linemen was laid out. The vast amount of information – displayed in photos, illustrations, graphs and diagrams – and stories of everything from the blackout of 1965 to the role linemen played during the wars will keep anyone, not just linemen, turning the pages.”
Jim Pennefeather
Executive VP of Global Sales, Buckingham Manufacturing Co.
It is an amazing book. It is, in itself, a piece of history that fills in all of the blanks one might have about the development of our trade up to this point. Alan has created a masterpiece that explains all aspects of our trade from the birth of telegraph lineman and development of the tools and methods including the art, language and culture of linework up to the in the modern day. Alan is the “Professor of Linework.” If you are a lineman, you really need to own this book… period.
Byron Dunn
Editor, Powerlineman Magazine
“The finest compilation of historical facts and pictures about the American Lineman. A must have for anyone associated with the industry or anyone who cherishes the history of our great country!”
Matthew Compher
Senior Vice President Safety, Health & Environmental, PLH Group
“A robust and epic documentary of the first order. Brim full of stunning facts and details commanding a previously neglected void in electrical technological history.”
Doug G. Schema
Founder & Curator, The Electric Orphanage
About the Author
The son of a power company executive, and 2008 International Lineman Hall of Fame inductee, Alan Drew has been climbing poles since he was six years old. With a lifetime dedicated to the power delivery industry, he has become a leading historian in its rich American history. Northwest Lineman College gave Alan the opportunity to explore and write an in-depth chronicle of the American lineman in his upcoming book, The American Lineman: Honoring The Evolution and Importance of One of The Nation’s Toughest, Most Admired Professions. .
Referred to as the “Harvard” of lineman colleges, Northwest Lineman College is committed to providing the benchmark standard of education in the power delivery industry. Founded in 1993, NLC annually educates more trade professionals in the power delivery industry than any other educational institution in the United States. With campuses in Meridian, Idaho; Oroville, California; and Denton, Texas, Northwest Lineman College educates thousands of trainees each year.
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