 Bull Whackers to Whistle Punks: Logging in the Old West (First Books_ Western U.S. History Series)
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| By : Sharlene Nelson, Ted W. Nelson |
The Nelsons do an admirable job of describing logging in the West during the last half of the nineteenth century and early part of the twentieth century. The daily lives of the loggers, their jobs, and the machinery and tools that were used are carefully explained in a lively, engaging style. Colorful logging terms are thoroughly defined, but the use of both boldface and italics to highlight words is distracting in the otherwise attractive book. Black-and-white or color photographs appear on nearly every page. The shots of immense trees and logs will amaze readers and may be useful in helping them understand the concerns of preservationists battling to save old-growth trees. A bibliography is appended.
Publisher: Franklin Watts, Incorporated
Sales Rank: 703,474
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 / 5.0 
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Down the Hill: A True Story of Early Logging in the Pacific Northwest
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| By : Roy E. Stier |
Down the Hill is Roy Stier's personal account of the evolution of early logging in the misty-green mountains of Washington. It is a work that gives detail, character, and historical substance to the logging industry. The St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company is a true microcosm for a brash, new Western adventure which became the sprawling 20th century timber industry. Filled with incredible historical photos, charming anecdotes, and absorbing narratives of the Pacific Northwest...
Publisher: Bookpartners Inc.
Sales Rank: 474,875
Avg. Customer Rating: 4 / 5.0 
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Empire in Pine: The Story of Lumbering in Wisconsin, 1830-1900
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| By : Robert F. Fries |
For more than a generation, lumbering marked the path and set the pace of Wisconsin's growth from a frontier community into the great commonwealth it had become by the turn of the century. Empire in Pine is a comprehensive study of that industry, whose output soared from a few thousand board feet in 1830 to the stupendous total of four billion board feet in the peak year of 1892, but it is at the same time a highly readable account of a fascinating era in Wisconsin history. It won the David Clark Everest prize in Wisconsin Economic History.
Publisher: William Caxton Ltd
Sales Rank: 590,132
Avg. Customer Rating: 4 / 5.0
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Glory Days of Logging/Action in the Big Woods, British Columbia to California
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| By : Ralph W. Andrews |
The reissue of this classic history allows us to once again journey into the past and rediscover for the first time the forgotten men and methods of logging history in the Northwest United States and Canada. This book contain the best photographs of a dozen famous collections: Davis and Benson rafts, river drives, hand logging spar topping big wheels in the pine, saw mills of 1890 to 1915, historical ox teams, tractors, blumes. In this chronicle of the Big Woods, bunk house ballads, humorous sketches and eyewitness accounts of work and life in the tall uncut as well as the rich photographs help the reader to actually feel the old logging atmosphere.
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Sales Rank: 406,431
Avg. Customer Rating: 4 / 5.0
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Island Timber: A Social History of the Comox Logging Company, Vancouver Island
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| By : Shirley Sherwood |
This 8 1/2 x 11 softcover charts the history of one of the largest logging concerns on coastal British Columbia-the Comox Logging Company-from the turn of the century to the devastating Great Fire of 1938. With 450 employees, six huge steam-powered skidders, a dozen locomotives, hundreds of miles of track, and sole access to the Douglas fir forests between Courtenay and Campbell River, Comox Logging boomed and towed billions of board feet of timber from Vancouver Island to Fraser Mills at New Westminster-then the largest sawmill in the British Empire. Island Timber is also the first social and community history of a logging company in British Columbia.
Publisher: Sono Nis Pr
Sales Rank: 1,527,700
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Logging Railroads in Skagit County: The First Comprehensive History of the Logging Railroads in Skagit County, Washington, USA
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| By : Dennis Thompson |
Author Dennis Thompson spent more than 10 years painstakingly researching the fascinating and colorful early logging operations in Washington State's Skagit county. The result, 308 pages with 411 photographs and dozens of drawings, is an incredible portrayal of an important early industry in a rugged and untamed land. Through a combination of personal experience, countless interviews, and scores of hours pouring over historical archives, Dennis presents a complete and very interesting account and a well-chronicled period of our history. From the small operations that probably would have faded from memory forever to the area giants such as English Logging Company and Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills, you'll get complete details: How, why, where and when they started, what kind of equipment they used, what areas they worked, and ultimately what became of them. Backing up the concise, interesting, and often amusing text are some outstanding photographs that complete the story. From life in a logging camp to the perils of a locomotive wreck, you'll see it all.
Publisher: Northwest Short Line
Sales Rank: 481,937
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 / 5.0
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