Woodsmen, Horses, and Dynamite Rough Pulpwood Operating in Northwestern Maine, 1935-1940 |
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| Author:
| Hilton, C. Max |
| ISBN: | 978-0-89101-109-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | University of Maine Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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"Maine was the birthplace of the forest industry as a major enterprise in the United States. Woodsmen, Horses, and Dynamite, by C. Max Hilton, describes the methodology and costs of producing massive amounts of pulpwood in Maine's northern forest, using manual labor aided only by horses and an occasional stick of dynamite." "This historical account from a contemporary point of view will be of interest to historians, foresters, loggers, students of management, and environmentalists....
More Description"Maine was the birthplace of the forest industry as a major enterprise in the United States. Woodsmen, Horses, and Dynamite, by C. Max Hilton, describes the methodology and costs of producing massive amounts of pulpwood in Maine's northern forest, using manual labor aided only by horses and an occasional stick of dynamite." "This historical account from a contemporary point of view will be of interest to historians, foresters, loggers, students of management, and environmentalists. All materials, labor, and supplies are detailed in careful tabular form. In addition to its authoritative text, the book's sixty-three plates of logging equipment, many of them fully dimensioned, provide an excellent and unique source of information on the technology of traditional forest work."--BOOK JACKET.