Fifty Shades of Tarmac by Andy Maclean

Fifty Shades of Tarmac by Andy Maclean

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

The book tells the fictional story of how a naive young British truck driver obtains his first job driving a Mack on the continent of Europe. It is based on the author's real life experiences and illustrated with photographs from the time.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Fifty Shades of Tarmac by Andy Maclean

It was 1972. It was summer - and the living was easy! Arthur Jackson has a good job, no ties and no responsibilities, but it is not enough - he wants adventure and he wants to see the world!Based on the author's real life experiences and illustrated with photographs from the time, Fifty Shades of Tarmac tells the fictional story of how a naive young British truck driver obtains his first job driving a Mack on the continent of Europe. His first trip with all its pitfalls and novel experiences takes him from Rotterdam to Bremerhaven via Moutiers and Salzburg and then back to Rotterdam. It is told with humour, introducing a number of colourful characters, and providing a personal and unusual insight into the life of a truck driver in the 70s at a time when Europe still had frontier posts and custom restrictions.It will be of interest to truck drivers, Mack fans and other transport enthusiasts and those who simply want to learn more about the social history of Europe in the 1970s.
Andy MacLean trained as a teacher but chose truck driving as an exciting way to travel and see life! He spent a lifetime in the transportation industry firstly as a driver and then as manager of a large international truck company. After starting his own forwarding business, Orient Transport Services in 1985 he retired in 2007. He has a small farm and enjoys playing drums in several jazz bands in London and Kent.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9781910456033
ISBN 10 1910456039
Title Fifty Shades of Tarmac
Author Andy Maclean
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Fox Chapel Publishers International
Year published 2015-08-12
Number of pages 344
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.