Entry/Object ID
2026.001.029Description
This book describes the process of logging the Adirondacks, a discreet area of six million acres, and how practices changed between 1850 and 1950. In one hundred years, logging went from a seasonal, labor-intensive, muscle-and animal-powered job to a year-round, machine-driven activity done by fewer workers armed with chain saws, skidders and motor-driven vehicles. It is also the story of an industry which changed from one characterized by total laissez-faire practices to one of tight and restrictive governmental regulation.Acquisition
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2026.001Source or Donor
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Author
Peter C. WelshPublisher
North Country Books, Inc.Date Published
circa 1995ISBN
0-925168-30-0Spine Label
"Welsh," "Jacks, Jobbers and Kings," "NcBooks"Name/Title
Jacks, Jobbers and Kings: Logging the Adirondacks, 1850-1950