Robert E Pike (124 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Illustrated. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. The New England loggers and river drivers were a unique breed of men. Working with their axes and peaveys through Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, they contributed mightily to the development of the United States. The daily life of the loggers was hard working in deep icy water fourteen hours a day, sleeping in wet blankets, eating coarse food, and constantly risking their lives. Their pay was very low, yet they were proud to call themselves loggers. When they came out of the woods after the spring drives, they ebulliently spent their pay carousing in the staid New England towns. Robert E. Pike, who as a youth worked in the woods and on the rivers, writes affectionately and knowingly, with humorous anecdotes, of every detail of lumbering. He describes the daily life of the logging camps, giving a picture of the different specialist jobs: the camp boss, the choppers, the sawyers and filers, the scaler, the teamsters, the river men, the railroaders, and the lumber kings. His descriptions bring the reader vividly into the woods, smelling the tangy, newly cut timber, hearing the boom of the falling trees. The author's lively prose matches the temper of his subject. . . . This is basic history, geography, psychology, economics, and folklore all rolled into one top-quality volume. R. S. Monahan, New York Times Book Review.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Not Stated. Soft cover with background on spine and front cover with grey and red print. Vertical brown strip along foredge side of cover. Photo of men river logging and red yellow title box on front cover. Sound and unmarked. Foredges are flared and no spine creases. 288 pages including index. Photo - Illustrated (illustrator).…

Condition: acceptable. Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting, but the text cannot be obscured or unreadable. Any access codes or passwords originally included with the book may be expired, used or no longer valid. Image is stock photo and cover art edition may be different than pictured.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 9 Short Stories. Featured are Archie Solves the Case by Dave Zeltserman, This Is the Last Time by Sue Pike, Mort Main by Peter Turnbull, The Star of the Running Blood by Lou Manfredo, Writer's Block by Penny Hancock, The Beauty with the Million-Dollar Brains by Robert S Levinson, Extra Fries by Michael Z Lewin, The Golden Ganesh by Suzanne Berube Rorhus and Crime Unpunished by Medeiros E Albuquerque. In Fine Condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. like new copy and jacket.

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. SC, VG, ex owner name, no other markings, 288pp. Loc ME BC 2 SH ELF 3 FREE media mail shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 287 Pages. Stated: First Edition. The dust jacket is not price clipped. This book is all about New England's north country and thus is about loggers, rivermen and the other hardy individuals that have lived up there and includes old songs and tales of the area. The book's dust jacket has a few very small tears on the top and bottom edges, and slight wearing at the top and bottom of the spine. The interior book has an inscription to a prior owner at the top of the first page in from the front cover, but outside of that item, there are no further visible extraneous markings, detriments or distractions throughout the book and thus all of the book's printing, and photographs are all in a very well-preserved and totally enjoyable condtion and the book's bindings remain tight and therefore are sound. If you order this gem of a history of nothern Vermont/New Hampshire from us, we will carefully wrap it up in either foam or bubble wrap, then pad and box it and post it right away to you with both insurance and tracking on it.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Paperback Edition. Inscribed on title page by author's daughter, who wrote the foreword for this paperback edition. A bright, tight edition. Clean inside and out. Photographs (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: As New. very light wear to wraps, clean, no markings, solid and straight; Vivid, Anecdotal History Of Logging And Log-Driving In New E; 5.5 X 0.9 X 8.3 inches; 322 pages.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Spiked Boots: Sketches of the North Country. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

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Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: as new. Pbk 288pp illustr a section of b+w photos an unread copy excellent clean tight unmarked as new.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Tall Trees, Tough Men. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. The New England loggers and river drivers were a unique breed of men. Working with their axes and peaveys through Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, they contributed mightily to the development of the United States. The daily life of the loggers was hard - working in deep icy water fourteen hours a day, sleeping in wet blankets, eating coarse food, and constantly risking their lives. Their pay was very low, yet they were proud to call themselves loggers. When they came out of the woods after the spring drives, they ebulliently spent their pay carousing in the staid New England towns. Robert E. Pike, who as a youth worked in the woods and on the rivers, writes affectionately and knowingly, with humorous anecdotes, of every detail of lumbering. He describes the daily life of the logging camps, giving a picture of the different specialist jobs: the camp boss, the choppers, the sawyers and filers, the scaler, the teamsters, the river men, the railroaders, and the lumber kings. His descriptions bring the reader vividly into the woods, smelling the tangy, newly cut timber, hearing the boom of the falling trees. "The author's lively prose matches the temper of his subject. . . . This is basic history, geography, psychology, economics, and folklore all rolled into one top-quality volume." - R. S. Monahan, New York Times Book Review.…