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Craig, Andy A.

Trucking - British Columbia's Trucking History

Hancock House Publishers Ltd., 1977

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Year of publication
1977
ISBN
0919654886
Place of printing
Saanichton, BC
Author
Craig, Andy A.
Publishers
Hancock House Publishers Ltd.
Size
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Edition
F First Edition
Keyword
Trucking - British Columbia's Trucking History Craig, Andy A. Transportation, Automotive British Columbia Freight History Motor-Truck Driving, Drivers Biography Boyd's Freight Lines of Clinton, Fred Carson's Freight Lines, Les Cotter, Art Ducloe, Spencer Patenaude, Johnny Assman, Docherty's Cariboo Freight, Lee's Transport, Venderspek's Transport, White Motor Freight, Earl Chase & Triangle Trucking, Malcolm Oliver, Reg Barber, Woods & Fraser, and Walt Harrington British Columbia Transportation
Binding description
H Hardcover
State of preservation
Good
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover
First edition
Yes

Description

168 pages. Index. Documents the challenges of early truck transport in B.C. "Author was B.C.'s best-known Pioneer Trucker who travelled the length and breadth of British Columbia interviewing and taping the reminiscences of the old-time drivers. A trucker since his youth, Andy Craig had an ear for detail and a natural flair for story-telling. This book is unique in combining a first-hand history of pioneer trucking in B.C. with an updating as to what is happinging in the trucking industry in the 1970's." - back board. Some of the truckers featured include: Boyd's Freight Lines of Clinton, Fred Carson's Freight Lines, Les Cotter, Art Ducloe, Spencer Patenaude, Johnny Assman, Docherty's Cariboo Freight, Lee's Transport, Venderspek's Transport, White Motor Freight, Earl Chase & Triangle Trucking, Malcolm Oliver, Reg Barber, Woods & Fraser, and Walt Harrington. Includes dozens of reproductions of great archival black and white photos. Pages yellowed with age. Gift greetings and some markings atop front free endpaper. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this engaging work. Book
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