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Working in the Woods: A History of Logging on the West Coast
by Drushka, Ken
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1550170724
- ISBN 13
- 9781550170726
- Seller
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About This Item
Canada: Harbour Publishing, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 304 pages. Index. Extensive list of oral history sources. A superb reference abundantly illustrated with black and white archival photographs. Chapters include: The Coastal Forest; Beginnings; Early Steam Power; Yarding Them Out; The Railway Era; The Birth of Truck Logging; Final Mechanization; Postwar Conversions; Modern Logging. Appendix - B.C. Coastal Log Production. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Gift quality..
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- Title
- Working in the Woods: A History of Logging on the West Coast
- Author
- Drushka, Ken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1550170724
- ISBN 13
- 9781550170726
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORY LUMBERING LUMBER Logging Pacific Coast Northwest History The Coastal Forest; Beginnings; Early Steam Power; Yarding Them Out; The Railway Era; The Birth of Truck Logging; Final Mechanization; Postwar Conversions; Modern Logging.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Forestry;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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