The Nullarbor Kid. Stories From My Trucking Life
Gilleland Ray
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: First Edition
Description: 265 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.
Publishers Description: Meet Ray Gilleland, pioneer trucker in postwar Australia. In those days, trucking was viewed as an upstart industry that threatened existing railway systems, and Ray was part of the new breed, determined not to be chained to the old ways.The Nullarbor Kid tells of the adventures Ray and his mates had when the trucking industry was born, at a time when outback roads were little more than corrugated dirt tracks.There are stories of regulations set to strangle the new industry and drivers who fought back with every trick in the book, trucks not suited for blistering Australian heat and long mountain climbs in low gear and through it all, the smell and noise, mateship and romance of long-haul driving.
ISBN: 9781742379494
(210519)
