Rolling Home: A Cross Canada Railroad Memoir
 First edition cover of Canadian release | |
| Author | Tom Allen |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Subject | Train travel |
| Genre | Non-fiction, memoir[1] |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
Publication date | October 2001 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 304 pp. |
| ISBN | 9780670884735 |
Rolling Home: A Cross Canada Railroad Memoir is a non-fiction memoir, written by Canadian writer Tom Allen, first published in October 2001 by Penguin Books. In the book, the author chronicles his travels across Canada on a train. Allen includes his interviews with passengers, engineers, cooks, and porters. Rolling Home has been called an "evocative cross-country tour of Canada by train," by Staebler award administrator Kathryn Wardropper.[2][3]
Awards and honours[edit]
Rolling Home received the 2002 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Goodreads, Rolling Home, Book review, Retrieved 11/23/2012
- ^ a b Faculty of Arts, 2002, Edna Staebler Award, Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Tom Allen, Retrieved 11/26/2012
- ^ Crawley, Devin, Rolling Home, Quill & Quire, Book review, Retrieved 11/26/2012
External links[edit]
- Tom Allen, Home page, Retrieved 11/23/2012
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