Cyril Passfield: Out West

by John Passfield

In June 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression, two part-time railway workers, 23-year-old Cyril Passfield and his friend, Charlie Thompson, decide to leave their hometown of St. Thomas, Ontario. They go "on the hobo," joining the great army of the unemployed who are riding the trains back and forth across Canada. As they travel west, they hope to get work in the harvest or hop a freighter in Vancouver and see the world. This novel is based...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1772441686
• ISBN13: 9781772441680
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Rock's Mills Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"