After publishing Steam Scenes of Stratford (which received a favourable reception) in May 2017, followed by a trip to the British Isles, I contemplated a new direction in the late summer of 2017. This would turn out to be the start of the Speed Graphics and Steam series of hardcovers.

The debut volume would be Speed Graphics and Steam 1957!, a project I had contemplated for at least 20 years. The cover picture on this volume by Don Wood had ignited my desire (in the early 1980s) to turn back the clock somehow, through some medium, to the 1950s railway steam era in Ontario.

This video trailer explains the vehicle by which we travel back to the summer of 1957 through the Speed Graphic camera lenses of three talented photographers. Namely John Rehor, Don Wood, and Herb Harwood. The Speed Graphics and Steam 1957! volume was released in May 2018:

Now, as a thank-you for having read this message, I offer you a chance to purchase Speed Graphics and Steam 1957! at the original all-inclusive pre-publication price of $69.95 CAD to Canada or $69.95 USD to the United States or overseas (a savings of at least 20% in each case). Click here to request that I send you a custom PayPal invoice at the special price. Alternatively, Canadian readers may remit funds by e-transfer to ian@ianwilsonauthor.com for the special price.

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