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Robert Hutchison

Juggernaut

Trucking to Saudi Arabia

Robert Hutchison

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English
Old Pond Publishing Ltd
01 March 2014
Road transport & haulage trades; Buses, trams & commercial vehicles: general interest
In 1986 professional writer Robert Hutchison became a passenger on a 10,000-mile trip through fourteen countries in a Scania 111. He was sampling the life of the long-haul trucker. The truckers' world was one of long days and nights on the road away  from their families, hair-raising tales of accidents and the extreme danger created by murderous driving. He grew to understand why truckers put up with the life  -  not just for the money and the excitement, but also for their pride in coping whatever the  circumstances and for camaraderie. There was, too, the beauty of  mountains and lakesides and the strangeness of the desert. Robert's trip with Graham Davies of Whittle International took him through Cold-War Europe to Turkey and then through Iraq during the  Iran - Iraq conflict with twenty-mile border queues and frequent police  shakedowns. Finally they delivered their cargo of machinery and ovens for making plastic pipes to Al Khobar in Saudi Arabia before heading  home after 31 days on the road.  This journey was undertaken when the golden age of transport from Europe to the Gulf was coming to an end.  Robert's accurate record, first published in 1987, is full of interest, drama and humour, telling the story of a remarkable breed of men. This is the first paperback edition.,
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Imprint:   Old Pond Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 26mm
Weight:   482g
ISBN:   9781908397867
ISBN 10:   1908397861
Pages:   312
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Robert Hutchison was for many years a correspondent for the Sunday and Daily Telegraph. Among his other books are two dealing with financial crime and an expose of the extreme right wing of the Catholic Church: Their Kingdom Come. Born in Canada, he has lived in Switzerland for over fifty years.

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