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Timberrr-- a history of logging in New England

Call Number

  • J 634.9 C (CEN)

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Publication Information

Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, 2003.

Physical Description

128 p. : ill., map ; 21 x 26 cm.

Summary

An illustrated history of the New England forests, from colonial days when settlers freely used the trees for warmth and housing to today's tensions between environmentalists and the logging industry.

Contents

  • Trees everywhere!
  • King's woods
  • Timberrr!
  • Back at camp
  • Going down with the drive
  • Logs to lumber
  • Full steam ahead!
  • Fire! and other disasters!
  • Managing our forests today!
  • Forest or the trees, or both?
  • Logging timeline.

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