The reissue of this classic history allows the reader to journey into the past and rediscover 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 - more
Code: - ISBN: 9780887405938
Year: - 1994
Authors: - Andrews R W