Jack Haney -from the series "The Canadians" by Nicol, John D

Markham, ON, Canada: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited. -----Tight square and clean, no names, flat uncreased spine, 64 pages with maps and photos. "In 1912, few roads existed and few people dreamed that a motor car could ever make it across the wide and difficult terrain of Canada. A naive English writer named Thomas Wilby proposed such a trip, but it took the perseverance and ingenuity of a St. Catharines mechanic to realize the dream. Jack Haney was an honest, hard-working man who repaired the 1912 Reo car each night and drove all but 100 of the 7000 kilometres from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He yanked and pushed the car out of Maritime swamps and Prairie gumbo, and steered it along dangerous mountain trails. He waded into streams to check if the car could cross, rebuilt bridges, and, most importantly, endured a trip of 52 days with the pompous Wilby, who took full credit for the venture in his book, which, until now, was the only published record of the historic journey. John Nicol's biography brings alive Haney's pioneering adventures and the colourful times in which he lived." Contents include: Born and Bred for Adventure / Wilby, the Reo and Away We Go / From Anticipation to Despair / West to the Prairies / A Common Enemy, the Mountains / After the Trip / further reading / index. Any image this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".