Truckers North Truckers South

by Leslie Purdon

In the late 1940s, Shay leaves school as soon as he can to become a trailer-boy on a Gardner truck that is noisy, cold and limited in speed. The driver, Fred, is one of the old school, a transport man through and through, who knows the best cafes and pubs and all the tricks of the trade. Shay soon comes to love this life on the road despite long hours and frequent absences from his home in Kent. In those days, lorries were less able to cope with bad...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190552367X
• ISBN13: 9781905523672
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Old Pond Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.7"