Each new railway book by writer-photographer Greg McDonnell is cause for celebration. Rites of Passage, his most personal book to date, is a collection of images and essays drawn from a 35-year effort to capture and chronicle the magic of Canadian railroading, an effort that began with a young boy pointing a borrowed Brownie at a pair of olive-green GMDIs looming out of the early morning fog and quickly grew to be a lifelong passion. Rites of Passage is vintage McDonnell, a sensual feast of boiler steam and diesel smoke, high iron and midnight runs across the prairies, wistful memories and critical analysis.
- ISBN10 1550463306
- ISBN13 9781550463309
- Publish Date 10 November 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 January 2009
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Boston Mills Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 120
- Language English