Memoirs of a Power Line Worker

The Silver Thread of Life is the 27-year autobiography of a power-line worker. He dropped out of school as a boy, ventured into the barren mountains, and spent year after year working on power-line construction sites in the wilderness. The book recounts the hardships of working outdoors and the kindness and coldness he encountered at the job sites. It also preserves the warmth of a bowl of braised pork, cherished deep in his memory. With transmission towers as neighbors and silver wires as companions, these simple words record the half a lifetime an ordinary man spent shouldering his family's burdens and working quietly among the mountains. The warmth of everyday life, the marks left by time: this is the true story of a front-line worker.