In this book of personal, cultural, and national history, veteran Toronto Star automotive journalist Mark Richardson takes us on a literal trip across his country, following a drive he made traversing the full length of the Trans-Canada Highway in 2023. Along the way he relates tales of the settler colonialists who first traversed a similar path in the early 20th century, the political and cultural infighting that challenged the creation of a roadway that would link Canadians to their culturally similar or different/diffident cohorts in other provinces, and the distinct engineering challenges of such a mammoth undertaking. * Car and Driver *The Drive Across Canada is vast and sweeping, personal and sometimes surprisingly moving. It’s a story of huge public works and their small individual impacts. If you’ve ever driven anywhere on the Trans-Canada (and if you’re Canadian you probably have), you need to read this book; it instantly conjures memories of road trips past. * Dumaresq de Pencier, Acting Curator, Canadian Automotive Museum *

Mark Richardson is an automotive journalist who contributes regularly to the Globe and Mail’s Globe Drive. He is the former editor of the Toronto Star’s Wheels section, and the author of Zen and Now and Canada’s Road. Mark lives in Cobourg, Ontario.