End of the Road

Originally hailing from Hamilton, Ontario, Gord Magill has spent most of his life behind the wheel. From spinning along the Ice Roads of Canada’s Northwest Territories, to hauling logs down volcanos in New Zealand, to steering Road Trains across the outback of Western Australia, to running freight along the Interstates of America, Magill has spent over twenty-five years trucking all over the world. His writing about the industry has appeared in Newsweek, The American Conservative, and American Affairs, among other outlets. Magill lives in Ithaca, New York.

• IntroductionChapter One: A Family TraditionChapter Two: The JourneymenChapter Three: The War BeginsChapter Four: Welfare on WheelsChapter Five: The Trucker as Indentured ServantChapter Six: Panopticons of the Interstate, or The Hitchhikers You Don’t WantChapter Seven: Interstate United Nations?Chapter Eight: Truckzilla—Invasion of the RoboTrucksChapter Nine: The Truck Stops of BabelChapter Ten: Punishment by CastrationChapter Eleven: Who Speaks for Truckers?Chapter Twelve: Necessary ParasitesChapter Thirteen: The Truckers Strike BackConclusion: The End of the Road?AcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

“If you want to dig beneath the official stories we’re told about ‘the supply chain crisis’ and understand the subterranean forces driving the economy of North America, you can do no better than read Gord Magill’s End of the Road. In the tradition of working-class intellectuals such as Eric Hoffer and Harry Braverman, Magill describes our economy from the vantage of the truckers who keep it running. The picture that emerges, as Magill peels away layers of bullshit with acidic humor, is not a pretty one. In particular, this book shines a light on the political and corporate corruption that both drives, and is massively exacerbated by, mass immigration. This may be the most enraging book you have ever read. It will certainly be one of the most illuminating.”—Matthew B. Crawford, author, Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road