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This engaging firsthand account of handlogging along the north coast of British Columbia at the turn of the century evokes both the flavor of an era long vanished and timeless observations on human nature. As the miner, logger and, eventually, chief forester of British Columbia records his odyssey through rainy, heavily wooded forests, he narrates delightful anecdotes and intuitive character sketches of the men with whom he worked, handlogging the virgin terrain and navigating leaky boats. He rarely clutters his tales with autobiographical details, but the few tantalizing hints he reveals add depth to his story. Grainger is gifted with the perception of an outsider; he is an Englishman, he mentions incidentally, and college educated. As he moves farther into the untamed land he drops his shy, alienated stance and, taking a role wholeheartedly in his adoptive society, prides himself on his work. Grainger admires the nature of this arduous labor, and the diligent, rough men who demand inviolable standards from their employees. Carter the logging boss merits Grainger's most vivid rendering, as the author both respects and detests this furious working man. The astute insights Grainger lends to his encounters, along with color and humor, capture a dramatic period in western Canadian timberland. Illustrations not seen by PW.
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- PublisherFjord Pr
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0940242346
- ISBN 13 9780940242340
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages199
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Woodsmen of the West (Western Writers Series)
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Afterword by Murray Morgan, edited by Steven T. Murray. Western Writers Series No. 2. Illustrated with photographs, 199 pages. Former owner's address label at top pf title-page otherwise unmarked. Seller Inventory # 010502
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. Seattle: Fjord Press.1988. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 0940242346 Autobiographical fiction providing "an authentic account of logging on the north coast of British Columbia in 1907". Pictorial wrappers, 199 pages, illustrated. Near Fine copy. bx294. Seller Inventory # 66348
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. B/W Photographs (illustrator). These 199 pages open with a walk down Cordova Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ur notes the change in shop fronts from thise for `uptown suits' changing into blue collar supplies. READ more about : bunk-house stove, chewing the rag, Crown land, faller's axes, carbolic liniment, hand-loggers, quick money, Siwash logger, and revenue stamp. A few b/w images complement text. Cond : Boards are forest green, white end-papers, no dust jacket. Clean, square, and bright. No names nor marks. Minimal wear.Excellent reading copy. QUote (p. 99) : " In logging camps like Carter's you will find the same spirit. There is no time to mend this or paint that, or to put things away or keep them ship-shape. Some persons may think it poor policy to ._._._. ." Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # 016232
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