Timberrr...a history of logging in New England
By: by Mary Morton Cowan.
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Brookfield, Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: Logging -- New England -- History -- Juvenile literature; Logging -- New England -- History; Forests and forestry -- New England -- History; New England -- History
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.      ).
Table of contents: title: Trees everywhere!; title: The king's woods; title: Timberrr!; title: Back at camp; title: Going down with the drive; title: Logs to lumber; title: Full steam ahead!; title: Fire! and other disasters!; title: Managing our forests today!; title: The forest-or the trees, or both?; title: Logging timeline.