Synopsis
Forest Life And Forest Trees: Comprising Winter Camp-Life Among The Loggers, And Wild-Wood Adventure ; With Descriptions Of Lumbering Operations On The Various Rivers Of Maine And New Brunswick by John S. Springer. This historical narrative blends natural history with firsthand accounts of 19th-century North American lumbering. The book is organized in three parts: Part I Trees of America, Part II The Pine Tree, or Forest Life, and Part III River Life, and it surveys major tree species—from cedars, oaks, buttonwood, plane-tree, elms, beeches, maples, and firs—to their sizes, uses, and symbolic values. It then turns to pine as the dominant timber resource, detailing camp life, field expeditions, tree-felling, camp architecture, cooking, and social rituals around the fire. The river section chronicles lumbering operations on Maine and New Brunswick rivers, including log drives, booms, ferries, and the dangers of ice, bears, wolves, and floods. Throughout the prose, the author interleaves practical observations on timber markets, age-old practices, and regional geography with vivid anecdotes, statistical reflections, and a celebration of the labor, skill, and romance of the lumber world. The original publication year is 1861.
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