The Loggers Library

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[Sidney43]

Re-reading this thread made me realize how many dedicated authors took a lot of time out of their busy lives to record the history of men, companies, railroads and sawmills that otherwise would have been lost in time. We can't go back, but we can look at photos and read about the golden age of logging and perhaps stir our own memories of what it was, the sound, the smell of fresh cut timber and the larger than life characters that were loggers and pioneers.

 

[camptramp]

Flower Child Logger is a brief history of the Abraham Dougan branch of Cobble Hill's Dougan Family by his Great Grand Daughter Allison Hyatt . How Dougan's Logging was formed to keep his family feed and a roof over their heads . The book focus on her Grand Father Dave Dougan's life , who was a principle player in the rise to success of Dougan's Logging . Book is available through Allison Hyatt of Victoria B.C. or her father Mike Dougan of Campbell River B.C.

 

[LogHauler]

Two more which I didn't see listed already, and sadly not easy to find (and expensive):

"The Shay Locomotive, Titan of the Timber", Michael Koch, 1971

"Steam and Thunder in the Timber, The Saga of the Forest Railroads", Michael Koch, 1979


The first of these has for many years be THE book about Shays and considered the most definitive to date. Sadly since publication quite a number of errors and omissions have come to light, and there is talk of a new 'definitive' to come out this years.

 

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Oz Nelson . Two books that belong to Oz's Mother .

 

[camptramp]

Found an addition to my library today , used but in good shape . Something to do on those inside Days coming up with the "Termination Dust" coming down outside this Winter .

 

[camptramp]

Here's an entertaining book about Trucking and and a Young Mans experience growing up and making a living during The Great Depression of the 1930's in the Fraser Valley in the late 1920's -1950's .

 

[camptramp]

An entertaining book about a Young Man growing up and making a living during The Great Depression of the 1930's , and the early years of trucking in the Fraser Valley from late 1920's to 1950's .

 

[TimT]

I might have missed this while searching through this thread, but here is a book that beats every BIG Timber book ever written. Gerry Beranek book on "Modern Old Growth Coastal Redwood Logging". If you like BIG trees, with BIG saws turning giant redwood into BIG logs, than this book is the finest I have ever seen. I have two copies, one is a 1st edition and I have the 2nd edition with even more photos. Gerry was a famous climber on the CA west coast and he was also a great photographer and was able to record much of the last of the old growth operations. Do a search for his website "A Tree Story" he has all written quite a few books and has great old growth logging DVDs also.

 

[camptramp]

Another good book related to the West Coast of B.C. . This book is about a transportation company that operates out of Campbell River serving the isolated community's and logging camps on the Mainland Coast .

 

[Hallback]

Excellent finds & leads fellas!!

 

[Tugger2]

Heres one about a cat logger in Washington St. A good read about heartaches of men and machinery

 

[Jumbo]

Heres one about a cat logger in Washington St. A good read about heartaches of men and machinery

Margret Elley Felt wrote several books about NW loggers; Frank Hobi, LT Murray to name two In all, she put out around a dozen books about leaders of the forest industry. Olive Barbar also wrote about her husband who logged all over Oregon, Washington and Alaska.
My wife once said after reading Olive Barbar's books, she finally started to understand me when I was working. ( Don't know if that is a good thing or not, we are still married though.)

 

[Wide road rob]

More Deadly Than War: Pacific Coast Logging 1827-1981. By Andrew Mason Prouty. I worked "On the Rigging" from 1975-1982, concluding my career as a Hook Tender on a Madill 046. We all knew that logging was dangerous but I did not have any statistics to support that claim. This book provides that information. From 1920-1981, there were 4,380 logging fatalities in Washington. During the time I worked as a logger, there were 160 fatalities in Washington.
The book is long out of print and hard to find-and expensive. I eventually found one on bookfinder for a reasonable price ($120).

 

[Hayesno1]

Tro great books I got just before Christmas - my own Christmas gifts.
I must say Last of the Railway Loggers was worth waiting for. Nearly 400 pages - over 600 pictures I guess - both colour and B&W. It is a must if you are in til Vancouver Island logging history.

 

[camptramp]

Here's an interesting book my son brought back from his Summer Holiday's . On the state of affairs of the Logging Industry in Washington & Oregon , a good read . I see a lot of similarity's to the conditions in the West Coast of British Columbia's Logging Industry .

 

[Jumbo]

Here's an interesting book my son brought back from his Summer Holiday's . On the state of affairs of the Logging Industry in Washington & Oregon , a good read . I see a lot of similarity's to the conditions in the West Coast of British Columbia's Logging Industry .

I read it when it first came out in 2001, probably the best description as to what really happened to the timber industry.

 

[Hallback]

I just recieved this one in the mail today. Should be a good one.

 

[Born2clearcut]