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Timber: Toil and Trouble in the Big Woods
Ralph W. Andrews
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Description for Timber: Toil and Trouble in the Big Woods
Paperback. The photos in this absorbing book will instantly transport the reader into the former world of logging. Here was the greatest stand of Douglas fir timber in existence and here was labor for the Poles, Finns, Swedes, and Norskies lured out of the Midwest to make the lumber that helped build the West Coast cities. Num Pages: 182 pages, 171 b/w photos. BIC Classification: KNAC; TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 206 x 15. Weight in Grams: 834.
Has anyone today any conception of the grandeur, the extent, the million board feet a day production...the entire meaning of the forests of the Pacific Northwest-the "Big Woods"? The photographs alone in this absorbing book will instantly transport the reader into this former world. Here was the greatest stand of Douglas fir timber in existence and here was labor for the Poles, Finns, Swedes and Norskies lured out of the Midwest to convert the mammoth trees into the lumber that helped build the West Coast cities. Ralph Andrews presents a fascinating subject-the hope, courage and tragedy in the lives of ... Read more
Has anyone today any conception of the grandeur, the extent, the million board feet a day production...the entire meaning of the forests of the Pacific Northwest-the "Big Woods"? The photographs alone in this absorbing book will instantly transport the reader into this former world. Here was the greatest stand of Douglas fir timber in existence and here was labor for the Poles, Finns, Swedes and Norskies lured out of the Midwest to convert the mammoth trees into the lumber that helped build the West Coast cities. Ralph Andrews presents a fascinating subject-the hope, courage and tragedy in the lives of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
834g
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887400360
SKU
V9780887400360
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About Ralph W. Andrews
From his home in Seattle, Ralph Andrews has written many books to document American Northwest logging and its people.
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