Juggernaut Drivers

Take to the road with this rollicking novel of trucks and truckers in the 1970s. According to "Truck and Driver," Leslie Purdon lives and breathes trucking. Here, he takes you back to a time of extreme and sometimes hilarious exploits on the road back in the wild days of the 1970s. His main character is trucker Dennis Richardson (Rich), who revels in the laughs and camaraderie of his life on the road. He sets up a transport company, North Kent, with two pals. Benny is the one with the short fuse. Rich tries to calm him down (when he's not winding him up). The irrepressible Chuckles has his own way of dealing with tachographs and then there's the indispensable Jean, the rock on which they rest. The determined team go through humorous, and sometimes extreme, exploits as they strive to stay afloat. They run legal when they can, and cut corners when necessary, gambling on the new Scandinavian trucks that are changing the industry. They are cheated out of their earnings, but still come up smiling. This is a story written by truckers for truckers and those who love them.