Book description
Inside one of the world's most dangerous jobs with the star of
History's top-rated reality show, Ice Road Truckers
The highest-rated reality show ever to hit the History channel,
Ice Road Truckers follows the heart-pounding adventures of
the tough-as-nails truckers who risk peril every day to deliver goods
and supplies in Alaska and across Canada's frozen north. Alex shares
tales of his adventures-and misadventures-in the north, and explain,
in his own entertaining voice, how he got to where he is today-working
class hero, bona-fide celebrity, and the improbable star of a
smash-hit television show. Alex is a natural storyteller who knows how
to spin tales about his colorful life growing up in the backwoods.
Whether he's recounting tales about his hair-raising confrontations
with bears, calculating the strength of newly formed ice, divulging
the secrets of providing security in a bar room full of combative,
drunken miners, or saving the life of another trucker, he keeps you
wanting more.
- The first inside look at industry legend and fan favorite Alex
Debogorski, a devout Christian, father of 11 children, and the
world's best known truck driver
- Includes thrilling adventures and behind-the-scenes insights
that you won't find on the show
- Features sidebars that explain the facts about ice roads, from
how they're made to when and why they splinter and break
King of the Road gives fans of Ice Road Truckers a deep
look inside the life and times of the show's biggest rising star.
ALEX DEBOGORSKI is the larger-than-life costar of
History's top-rated show, Ice Road Truckers. He's the father of
eleven children and the grandfather of ten grandchildren, married to
his childhood sweetheart for almost forty years, and brimming with
stories to tell.
