num_pages: 544
description: Raised on the soil of his family homestead in Indiana's historic Wabash Valley, Jim McCormick emerged as one of the most dynamic and respected leaders of America's transportation industry. Starting with a single rickety truck loaded with Knox County melons, McCormick eventually built an extensive five-state regional common carrier company. Along the way he founded and operated a series of successful and innovative business ventures including auto/truck dealerships and served as chairman and CEO of a regional bank holding company. He went on to serve as Chairman of Golf Hosts, Inc., operator of the well-known Innisbrook and Tamarron golf resorts. McCormick's unparalleled rise in the trucking industry propelled him into positions of statewide and national leadership, culminating in his election as national chairman of the American Trucking Associations, the nation's major trade and advocacy group. In this, his panoramic personal history, Jim McCormick chronicles the early foundations of his life on the farm, gives us an insider's glimpse at his business accomplishments and shares tales of struggle and triumph drawn from his years of industry leadership. McCormick goes beyond the conventional "memoir" format by delving into his lifetime love affair withb all things mobile and motorized. Expounding on an inner passion that has "driven" him from the cabs of eighteen-wheelers to the cockpit of jet aircraft, McCormick pilots the reader through a high speed, turbocharged "tour-de-fast," populated by powerful Harleys, Citation Jets and ocean-going yachts. These spell-binding pages bring into full focus a portrait of a man who has fueled his life's journey with devotion to his family, commitment to his faith and an over-arching lust for living. Jim McCormick has imbued this epic rearview mirror recollection with that same "High Octane" fuel and invited the reader to come along for the ride. It truly is an extraordinary journey.
language: English
title: High Octane; A Rearview Mirror Retrospective
titlecomplete: High Octane; A Rearview Mirror Retrospective
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Big Britches Books