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1 online resource : illustrations, maps, portraits |
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1 The Logging Frontier; 2 Tales of the Timberbeasts: Joe Montferrand; 3 The Raftsmen; 4 Green Gold: The Timber Cruisers; 5 The Seasons: Fall -- Choppers and Sawyers; 6 The Seasons: Fall -- The Skidders; 7 The Seasons: Winter -- The Teamsters; 8 The Seasons: Spring -- River Drivers; 9 Tales of the Timberbeasts: The Dungarvon Whooper; 10 The Bull of the Woods; 11 Loggers of the Raincoast; 12 Beans Everlasting: Cooks and Cookees; 13 The Migrants; 14 The Bunkhouse Boys; 15 Tales of the Timberbeasts: La Chasse Galère; 16 Saturday Night and Sunday; 17 Workers of the Woods: Logging Unions |
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18 "Blowin' 'Er In": The Logger Goes to Town19 Fire; 20 Ghost Camp; Notes; Glossary; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Summary |
Annotation The 19th century spawned a unique breed of men who took pride in their woodsmen skills and rough codes of conduct. They called themselves lumberers, shantymen, timber beasts, les bucherron -- and, more recently, lumberjacks, working in the vast forests of eastern Canada and British Columbia. Across the country, farm boys would go to the woods, lumbering being the only winter work available. Immigrants -- Swedes and Finns more often than not -- resumed the trades they had learned so well in the forests of northern Europe. They broke the cold, hard monotony of camp life with songs, tall tales and card games. Within these pages, author Donald MacKay allows us a glimpse into that moment in our heritage when men entered the virgin forest to carve out an industry from the seemingly endless array of pine, spruce, maple and balsam fir found there |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Logging -- Canada -- History
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Loggers -- Canada -- Biography
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Forestry.
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Loggers
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Logging
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Canada
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781554883363 |
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1554883369 |
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9781459711129 |
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1459711122 |
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