Lumberjack - Inside an Era in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a 50th Anniversary Edition of a book about life and lumbering in the great White Pine days at the turn of the last century. Fully re-designed, the 2002 Edition features 70 historical photographs from special collections and archives. Extensive Editors' Notes have been added, expanding the original text and adding information about logging in the entire region of Upper Michigan. An expanded, illustrated glossary provides readers with definitions and descriptions of logging terms.Chapters include: Lumbering Towns and Company Men; At the Sawmills: Cribs, Yards and Office; The Waterfront; The River and the Woods; Kerosene Days; The Froth and the Truth; Buying the Chicago Lumbering Company and Peace, Progress and Prosperity.
Lumberjack : Inside an Era in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan