Holy Old Mackinaw - Softcover

Holbrook, Stewart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1941890067 ISBN 13: 9781941890066

Publisher: Northwest Corner Books, 2016

Synopsis

Holy Old Mackinaw is the rough and lusty story of the American lumberjack at work and play from Maine to Oregon In these modern days timber is harvested by cigarette-smoking married men, whose children go to school in buses, but for nearly three hundred years the logger was a real pioneer who ranged through the forests of many states, steel calks in his boots and ax in his fist, a plug of chew handy, who emerged at intervals into the towns to call on soft ladies and drink hard liquor.

About this title

About the Author:

Beloved Northwest author Stewart H. Holbrook, a Vermont native and former logger, came to Portland, Oregon in 1923. His works of popular history covered a variety of topics, including logging, famous figures of the Old West, and interesting events and people of the Pacific Northwest. A columnist for the Oregonian, Holbrook had articles published in newspapers and magazines all over the country, and he published many books. Holbrook described these writings as "lowbrow or nonstuffed shirt history." The much-celebrated author was known to consort with a wide variety of people, from the literary elite to loggers and labor organizations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Northwest Corner Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1941890067
• ISBN 13: 9781941890066
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260