Books by Carl Johnson

Road tankers come in many forms, with certain goods very often dictating the type and shape. The transport industry has adapted many innovations over the years and a wide variety of examples have travelled on our roads over the years - powder tanks, tanks for liquids, and even specialised tanks for the carriage of a plethora of goods from live eels to animal feed, cement, plastic pellets and more. All of the images in this book were captured by the author over a number of years. They document an important part of our transport history and will delight enthusiasts and modellers alike.

ERF Limited was formed in 1933 when Edwin Richard Foden founded the company with his son Dennis. Under the guidance of design engineer Ernest Sherratt, the best components available at the time were assembled to create vehicles that soon earned a reputation as good lorries capable of earning good revenue with reasonable running costs. This approach continued, more or less, until the end of the company and proved to be a very successful and lucrative business plan with a lot of development costs being borne by the component suppliers. This book is a broad overview of the company, with almost 200 photos offering an insight into the range and model types that spanned the years. The majority of the images included here are previously unpublished and offer a wonderful tribute to this much-loved manufacturer.

Hockey's Sticks and Stones is a memoir of Carl Johnson, Squire, "Star of Stage, Screen and Red Neck Bars". It is eminently invigorated with truthfulness, unflinching and absorbed in determination.The author's career in sports uniquely exposes the frailty of our brethren while assisting others to achieve new levels of insanity in the process.It is probable that some will judge the author's literary efforts as "supremely unconventional." When asked of his vision on present day sports..... the author responded, "PLEASE CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA!"The author is a sometimes hockey player, country music singer, inventor and entrepreneur - qualities of an endangered species. But he remains mindful of the Don Quixote of windmills and is a lover of nature and pretty girls.The author currently resides in Ontario's Niagara Region, but Cape Breton will always be his home.