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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.
"[Donald] MacKay's book has many virtues. His prose is clean. He lets the surviving pioneers talk for themselves when they have something to say, but never allows them to get too windy. He separates legends and half-truths from facts ..."
- The Montreal Star
"... a superb marriage of text and pictures, a nostalgic but not sentimental discussion of one of Canada's primary industries, logging."
- The Globe and Mail
"It's marvellous material of a type often ignored by historians ... Such books may do more to help us understand ourselves than all the academic tomes together."
- Atlantic Insight
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This is definitive history of lumbering in Canada captures the vitality of the lumber camps and documents the evolution of a major industry.
About the Author
Donald MacKay has had a forty-year career as journalist, broadcaster and author. Descended from Pictou County settlers, and born and educated in Nova Scotia, he was a wartime merchant seaman, has been a reporter for Canadian Press, and covered major stories in a dozen countries for United Press International. He spent a decade as chief European correspondent for UPI Broadcast Services, based in London, and was general manager of UPI in Canada for five years before turning to writing books.
Donald and his wife, Barbara, live in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
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- PublisherMcGraw-Hill
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0070827273
- ISBN 13 9780070827271
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages319
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. GC.McGraw-Hill,1978.First edition.Brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with laminated Dj(small mark,creases and nicks on the laminated cover),both in GC.Ex-library book with stamp,pocket,sticker.Illustrated with b/w photos,maps,drawings.Clean pages with some marks and tainted on the outer edges,a couple of stain marks inside the pages,some creases on the edges of the pages,small mark inside the back cover.The book is in GC but with some shelf wear.319pp including Notes,glossary,references,index.Heavy book.A collecatble first edition. This is another paragraph Product Description: 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. n nAcross 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. n nWithin 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. Seller Inventory # 12711
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. GC.McGraw-Hill,1978.First edition.Brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with laminated Dj(small mark,creases and nicks on the laminated cover),both in GC.Ex-library book with stamp,pocket,sticker.Illustrated with b/w photos,maps,drawings.Clean pages with some marks and tainted on the outer edges,a couple of stain marks inside the pages,some creases on the edges of the pages,small mark inside the back cover.The book is in GC but with some shelf wear.319pp including Notes,glossary,references,index.Heavy book.A collecatble first edition. This is another paragraph Product Description: 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. n nAcross 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. n nWithin 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. Seller Inventory # 1462
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. 319 pages. Footnotes, glossary, refernces and index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of marvelous archival photos. "The story of the men who cut and hauled timber from the birth of the industry until the internal combustion engine changed lumbering techniques in the 1950s." - dust jacket. Moderate wear to unmarked book. Tight and square. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Seller Inventory # 711h3073
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