Adirondack voices
Subtitle: woodsmen and woods lore
By: Robert D. Bethke.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Logging -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region -- Folklore; Loggers -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region -- Folklore; Loggers -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region -- Songs and music; Folklore -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region; Folk songs, English -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region -- History and criticism; Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Description: "This volume is an assessment of the woodsmen who worked the "Big Woods" of the Adirondack foothills. It combines storytelling and song traditions as they live in the lives and memories of men old enough to remember the sleep-in lumber camps and payday "blowouts".
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.