Outline Example for Iowa 80

1. The Truck Stop as Community and Culture.
   
   1. Truck stops are the center of trucking culture.
      
      1. Culture ~ a set of learned beliefs, values and behaviors the way of life shared by the members of a society.
         
      2. Place, Climate, and social interactions.
         
   2. Cowboys ~
      
      1. a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
         
      2. a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
         
      3. someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)
         
         1. How is a truck driver like this?
            

 

1. What is a Modern Trucking Village?    
   
   1. Iowa 80 is advertised as "the largest Amoco truck stop in the world"
      
      1. Trucker Town
         
      2. Walcott, about I0 miles from downtown Davenport and 40 miles from my Iowa City home.
         
   2. best way to observe a community
      
      1. observing climate
         
      2. Current social interactions.
         
   3. 
      People here do not trust outsiders
      
      1. The money to replace tanks
         
         1. Government regulation costs them big time
            
      2. People resent government intervention/ mandate
         
         1. "government interference"
            
            1. Delia
               
               1. Vice Pres
                  
   4. Cowboys enjoyed freedom – truck driving people want freedom and no interference.
      
2. Drivers vs. Non-drivers
   
   1. Truck drivers hold non-drivers in disdain.
      
   2. Author has felt like an outsider
      
      1. He was recognized as a non-driver
         
      2. Maybe this is why he is so interested in truck drivers!
         
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4. Truck Stop Restaurant
   
   1. Supporting detail
      
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5. The Arcade
   
   1. Supporting detail
      
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6. Iowa 80 Employees
   
7. Talking to Truckers
   
8. A Trucker's Lament
   
9. Old-Timer at the Fuel Center
   

Conclusion