American 1/2-Ton Pickup Trucks of the 1950s

another good read and an excellent primer for pick-up enthusiasts to add to their reference library … terrific value Classic American A lovely and colourful look at America’s most beloved vehicles, from an era of exceptional development and style … The real joy, however, is in taking bite-size chunks of trivial and imagery, with the childish enthusiasm to find a favourite model and revisit it over and over again. Classic Car Weekly

Canadian Norm Mort has had a lifelong interest in historic vehicles, and by the age of 10 was photographing old vehicles parked by the side of the road; by the age of 12 he was the youngest member on the executive of the Antique and Classic Car Club of Canada.

After graduating from the University of Toronto, Norm became a teacher and librarian in the public school system. However, it was not long before his love of old cars and trucks led him to become a freelance automotive writer for magazines and newspapers in the field of transport, which he has now done for over 30 years.

Norm has written over a dozen books about historic vehicles, and has become Canada’s most prolific writer on old cars and trucks. Norm is also an animal lover, and has written books about travelling with pets (combining both of his passions) and about living with a pet menagerie.

Norm lives in Canada with Scottish wife, Sandy, and a variety of pets. Their son Andrew has been the photographer for all of Norm’s books.