MY YEARS AS A LONG HAUL TRUCKER
ABOUT THE AUTHORDon Taylor's career started on March 15, 1985, as a rookie taxi driver. It has since grown into a career that he truly loves... Driving a long haul tractor trailer. Over the years, he has hauled almost every kind of freight you can think of, to almost any destination you can think of.
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ABOUT THE BOOKThis book chronicles my thirty-plus years in the transportation industry. Starting as a taxi driver during a transit strike, to driving Long Combination Vehicles, measuring over 120 feet long, weighing over 130,000 lbs. My travels have taken me to all of the lower forty-eight states, and all Canadian provinces except Newfoundland. Some of the stories are quite humours, others are quite tragic. All have had a lasting effect on me.
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Jaw-dropping, shocking, hilariously fun reading: Don Taylor’s “Stories from the Road”
"His writing style is clear, plain and a pleasure to read. The book is a collection of anecdotes in more-or-less chronological order, with meanders off into episodes organized by topic. You can read one story in only a few minutes, if your time is limited. However, as I learned, once you become engrossed in the drama of the road and the people, the pages fly by.
Stories from the Road: My Years as a Long Haul Trucker is fun and interesting to read, whether you are out on the open road, or suffering from Canadian cabin fever after two years as a shut-in."
--Rita Smith, Road Warrior News
Stories from the Road: My Years as a Long Haul Trucker is fun and interesting to read, whether you are out on the open road, or suffering from Canadian cabin fever after two years as a shut-in."
--Rita Smith, Road Warrior News
A Canadian long haul trucker and his story
"Don Taylor has the voice of a storyteller, drawing us into his lived experiences as he travelled across North America delivering a range of products through a wide variety of experiences. In his book, we share the driver's seat, and look through the windshield, and see the world from his vantage point, if only for a few hours. An easy read .... one you can pick up and put down as needed. But, a warning, you just might not be able to put it down! This is not a book just for truck drivers . . . it's the story of how we move goods from one part of North America, to another, and that impacts us all!"
--Bev, Amazon Canada
--Bev, Amazon Canada
Interview on CJOB Radio
On July 31, 2002, I was interviewed on CJOB radio in Winnipeg for their "Prairie Writers" segment. Listen to the full interview here. |
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