Tall Trees Tough Men

Author : Robert E. Pike
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393248609

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Tall Trees, Tough Men by Robert E. Pike Pdf

In this robust, informal book, Robert E. Pike tells the colorful story of logging and log-driving in New England. The New England loggers and river drivers were a unique breed of men. Working with their axes and peaveys through Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, they contributed mightily to the development of the United States. The daily life of the loggers was hard — working in deep icy water fourteen hours a day, sleeping in wet blankets, eating coarse food, and constantly risking their lives. Their pay was very low, yet they were proud to call themselves loggers. When they came out of the woods after the spring drives, they ebulliently spent their pay carousing in the staid New England towns. Robert E. Pike, who as a youth worked in the woods and on the rivers, writes affectionately and knowingly, with humorous anecdotes, of every detail of lumbering. He describes the daily life of the logging camps, giving a picture of the different specialist jobs: the camp boss, the choppers, the sawyers and filers, the scaler, the teamsters, the river men, the railroaders, and the lumber kings. His descriptions bring the reader vividly into the woods, smelling the tangy, newly cut timber, hearing the boom of the falling trees. "The author's lively prose matches the temper of his subject. . . . This is basic history, geography, psychology, economics, and folklore all rolled into one top-quality volume." — R. S. Monahan, New York Times Book Review

Author : Robert E. Pike
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1967-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0393073513

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Tall Trees, Tough Men by Robert E. Pike Pdf

In this robust, informal book, Robert E. Pike tells the colorful story of logging and log-driving in New England.

Author : Donald A. Wilson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0738505218

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Logging and Lumbering in Maine by Donald A. Wilson Pdf

Known as the Pine Tree State, Maine once led the world in lumber production. It was the first great lumber-producing region, with Bangor at its center. Today, the state has nearly eighteen million acres of timberland, and forest products still make up a major industry. Logging and Lumbering in Maine examines the history from its earliest roots in 1630 to the present, providing a pictorial record of land use and activity in Maine. The state's lumber industry went through several historical periods, beginning with the vast pine and spruce harvests, the organization of major corporate interests, the change from sawlogs to pulpwood, and then to sustained yields, intensive management, and mechanized harvesting. At the beginning, much of the region was inaccessible except by water, so harvesting activities were concentrated on the coast and along the principal rivers. Gradually, as the railroads expanded and roads were constructed into the woods, operations expanded with them and the river systems became vitally important for the transportation of timber out of the woods to the markets downstate. Logging and Lumbering in Maine traces these developments in the industry, taking a close look at the people, places, forests, and machines that made them possible.

Author : Mike Monte
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0764315293

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Cut and Run by Mike Monte Pdf

An unprecedented rape of Mother Nature from the 1880s to the 1940s completely changed the wooded landscape in the northern Great Lakes region of America as well as the society and ecology forevermore. This fascinating book presents true-life photographic images of the lumberjacks and river pigs who began the work, railroad loggers who extended the range and types of logs available, and a close-up look at one town in the wilderness. With hard work written across their faces, these men and women earn the respect of today's readers and became legendary.

Author : Robert E. Pike
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 088150436X

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Spiked Boots by Robert E. Pike Pdf

In the days of log drives on the rivers of New England, whenever a riverman was killed in the drive, his comrades hung his spiked boots on a tree to mark the spot. As a youth, Robert Pike spotted such a pair of bookts, and from that moment was born his lifelong fascination with the history of the New England logging industry.

Author : Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385536783

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The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara Pdf

A thrilling anthropological adventure story with a profound and tragic vision of what happens when cultures collide—from the bestselling author of National Book Award–nominated modern classic, A Little Life “Provokes discussions about science, morality and our obsession with youth.” —Chicago Tribune It is 1950 when Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumored lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves the body but not the mind. Perina uncovers their secret and returns with it to America, where he soon finds great success. But his discovery has come at a terrible cost, not only for the islanders, but for Perina himself. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.

Author : James LeMonds
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110130312

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Deadfall by James LeMonds Pdf

Logging has been a way of life in the Pacific Northwest, a thread woven into the character of communities, for more than a century. And in this far corner, James LeMonds's family has done about every job in the woods-working as high climbers and whistle p

Author : Algernon Blackwood
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775560067

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The Man Whom the Trees Loved by Algernon Blackwood Pdf

A lot of us like to describe ourselves as outdoorsy types and nature lovers – but what do phrases like that actually signify? In Algernon Blackwood's The Man Whom the Trees Loved, the writer known for his grasp on the weird and uncanny explores what it really means to love nature – and the bizarre things that can happen when nature loves us back.

Author : West Hapgood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Bulli (N.S.W.)
ISBN : OCLC:921965731

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Deep Valleys, Tall Trees, Tough Men and Women by West Hapgood Pdf

Author : Raymond Chandler
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547190608

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The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Ralph Warren Andrews
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : 0517169843

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Timber by Ralph Warren Andrews Pdf

Author : Wilbur Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781499860399

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Cry Wolf by Wilbur Smith Pdf

An action-packed adventure set in 1930s Africa from global bestseller Wilbur Smith “They recognised in each other that same restlessness that was always driving them on to new adventure, never staying long enough in one place or at one job to grow roots, unfettered by offspring or possessions, by spouse or responsibilities, taking up each new adventure eagerly and discarding it again with our qualms or regrets. Always moving onwards — never looking backwards.” The wartime race to save a country… When Jake Barton, American engineer, teams up with English gentleman and hustler Gareth Swales to sell five battered old Bentleys in 1930s East Africa, neither of them could have imagined that they’d soon be attempting to smuggle the vehicles into Ethiopia to support the war effort, in return for a huge reward. But to do this, they’ll have to manoeuvre past several extremely hostile European forces, as well as managing their feelings for Vicky Camberwell, the beautiful journalist who has been sent with them to report on the brutal violence of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. The three adventurers are about to discover that some battles are more than they can handle…

Author : West Hapgood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Bulli Region (N.S.W.)
ISBN : 0646109014

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Deep Valleys, Tall Trees, Tough Men and Women by West Hapgood Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1967-10
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015034639560

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The New York Times Book Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ernest Hemingway
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547190738

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Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Across the River and Into the Trees" by Ernest Hemingway. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.