BERGREN, MYRTLE

Tough Timber the Loggers of B.C. , Their Story

Vancouver BC: Elgin Publications, 1979. Second Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 0969095201. Card covers show some shelf wear, small delaminated section on front cover, minor creasing, some discoloration of back cover. ; A tight solid book. ; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 250 pages; Based on interviews a number of loggers who helped organize a woodworkers' union in British Columbia.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 20628

Catalogue: Forestry::British Columbia

Keywords: 0969095201 Forestry logger Union Woodworker British Columbia Forestry

CURRIE, GORD: EDITOR

Whistle Punk Volume 1 Number 2 Fall 1984

Victoria, BC: Curries Forestgraphics Ltd, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Card covers show very light shelf wear. Sun-faded on spine edge. ; A tight solid book, stapled wraps. ; B.C. Forest History Magazine; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 32 pages; The artices in the magazine are: From Cruisers to Foresters; Jesse James - Cowichan Lumberman; Point No Point and its Railway; Logging in 1910.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 18247

Catalogue: Forestry::British Columbia

Keywords: Forestry British Columbia Forestry

DHEILLY, JOANNE

Timber Talk As Heard in the Woods of British Columbia

West Vancouver, BC: Waterwheel Press, 1985. First Edition. Stapled wraps. ISBN: 0920641024. As new.; A bright, solid book. Beige card covers with beige paper stock, illustrated with drawings throughout. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages; This is an illustrated glossary of terms used in the forestry industry in British Columbia. Near Fine .

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Book number: 20990

Catalogue: Forestry::British Columbia

Keywords: 0920641024 Forestry British Columbia Forestry

DRUSHKA, KEN

Working in the Woods a History of Logging on the West Coast

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1550170724. Signed by Author; Half title page has a both company and date stamp as well as a couple of illegible signatures ; Signed by the author on the title page. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Decorative endpapers, B&W photographs throughout ; 11.3 X 8.9 X 1.0 inches; 304 pages; "From bulls to balloons, from horses to helicopters, Working in the Woods chronicles the myriad changes which have swept through west coast logging since Captain Vancouver came ashore to cut spars in the eighteenth century. By far the most authoritative book ever written on the history of British Columbia's logging industry, Working in the Woods combines meticulous research and colourful oral accounts with a breathtaking array of rarely seen historical photographs.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20319

Catalogue: Forestry::British Columbia

Keywords: 1550170724 Forestry logging British Columbia Forestry

GATENSBURY, STEVE

Once, to Learn It a Lighthearted Account of a Fifty Year Adventure in the B.C. Lumber Industry

Delta, BC: Sedge Publishing, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0969430507. Previous owner's name tag on FFEP, light soil bottom page edges ; A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; 8.43 X 5.43 X 0.79 inches; 243 pages; A number of personal anecdotes of a life in the forestry industry in British Columbia. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16854

Catalogue: Forestry::British Columbia

Keywords: 0969430507 Forestry British Columbia Lumbermen Biographies & Memoirs Forestry

HAK, GORDON H.

Turning Trees Into Dollars the British Columbia Coastal Lumber Industry, 1858

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. Softcover. ISBN: 0802083056. A bright, solid book.; 8.82 X 5.98 X 0.79 inches; 239 pages; "The coastal forests of British Columbia are currently a source of controversy, with clashes between corporations, workers, environmentalists, Aboriginals, and politicians frequently in the national media. "Turning Trees into Dollars" sheds light on the historical complexities that lie behind the ongoing crisis. This is a comprehensive account of the formative years of the British Columbian forestry industry. Pinning the historical facts on the central concept of market capitalism, Gordon Hak traces the political, geographical, and technological developments that occurred as small, financially tentative logging operations grew into a major economic force. His narrative traverses the treacherous labour conditions, union activities, the use of immigrant labour, and the role of the First Nations, as well as the mill industry, tariffs and trade, the effects of the Canadian Pacific Railway, industrialization, entrepreneurialism, and the conservation movements that compose the rich terrain of B.C. forestry.". Near Fine .

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Book number: 17210

Catalogue: Forestry::British Columbia

Keywords: 0802083056 BC Lumber logging Forestry Millwork

LUNDGREN, ALLAN E.

*Many Flowers a Loggers Story

British Columbia: Self Published, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Author; Card covers show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book. Inscribed by the author on the title page. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 185 pages; This autobiographical account follows the lives of three generations of the Lundgren family who arrived in Canada from Sweden in 1908. They ended up in the small community of Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island. The accounts are taken from memory and from work diaries of the three generations of men who worked as loggers.. Very Good .

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Book number: 19274

Catalogue: Forestry::British Columbia

Keywords: Forestry Signed IWA Lake Cowichan logging Biographies & Memoirs Forestry

MACNEIL, GRANT

The I.W. A. In British Columbia

Vancouver BC: America, 1971. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A tight solid book, stapled wraps. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 63 pages; This is the paperback edition of the hardcover of the same name issued at the same time. "Much of the material in this booklet was compiled and written by Grant McNeil and is dedicated to the early labour pioneers who struggled so valiantly to improve the living and working conditions of loggers and millworkers in British Columbia.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 20986

Catalogue: Forestry::British Columbia::Unions

Keywords: I.W.A. Union Woodworkers Millworkers British Columbia Forestry Forestry

ROBINSON, A. B.

Witch Hunt in the B.C. Woods

Kamloops BC: Sagebrush Book Publishing, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0968045103. DJ shows very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Colour map endpapers ; B&W and Colour Photographs; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.10 inches; 207 pages; "Follow the evolution of forest policy from colonial times to present day. See how the Principle of Appurtenancy has influenced the granting of logging rights. ". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18819

Catalogue: Forestry::British Columbia

Keywords: 0968045103 logging British Columbia Forestry Forestry

SWANSON, ROBERT & KEN DRUSHKA

Whistle Punks & Widow

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1998. Reprint. Softcover. ISBN: 1550171771. Card covers show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book,; B&W Photographs; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 160 pages; These tales from the golden age of logging in BC star all the legends of the woods. Not the founders of corporate dynasties, but the hookers, fallers, bull cooks, whistle punks and locie engineers who became real-life Paul Bunyans of the West Coast. "From sheer force of personality," writes Ken Drushka in his introduction, "these men rose above their workaday callings and became the subject of interminable bunkhouse bull sessions and barroom storytelling."Whistle Punks and Widow-Makers features twenty-six unforgettable stories about these near-mythical characters. They had names like Bull Sling Bill, Eight-Day Wilson, Daddy Lamb and Broomhandle Charlie, and their stories are told by Robert Swanson, who was an inveterate collector of bunkhouse ballads for more than half a century. With over 120 photos from the glory days of logging, many of them published here for the first time.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 18529

Catalogue: Forestry::British Columbia

Keywords: 1550171771 logging Forestry British Columbia Forestry

SWANSON, ROBERT

Whistle Punks & Widow

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1550170902. As new. ; A bright, solid book in Near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; 11.0 X 8.7 X 0.7 inches; 160 pages; "Since the first issue of Raincoast Chronicles came off the press in 1972, Harbour Publishing has both celebrated the "golden age" of BC logging, and addressed the vital issue of the welfare of our forests. In his distinctive prose, BCs "bard of the woods" immortalizes the hookers, fallers, bullcooks and locomotive engineers who became bunkhouse and barroom legends.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 19668

Catalogue: Forestry::British Columbia

Keywords: 1550170902 British Columbia Forestry logging Forestry

WILLISTON, EILEEN & KELLER, BETTY

Forests, Power and Policy the Legacy of Ray Williston

Prince George, BC: Caitlin Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0920576699. Front flap of DJ creased, minor edge creasing. Gift notation on front free end paper. ; DJ in mylar, unclipped. A bright solid book. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 318 pages; A biography of Ray Willliston, one of British Columbia's most influential Cabinet Ministers from the W. A. C. Bennett era. "As education minister, Ray Williston introduced the idea of university education for teachers, among other then-radical innovations. As minister of lands and forests, he had his greatest impact. From the mega-power projects to improved forestry practices, all major industrial developments in interior and northern BC during the 1950s and 1960s had Williston's stamp on them.He oversaw the building of the Bennett Dam on the Peace River and subsequent flooding of the valley behind it -now called Williston Lake - and the flooding of the Arrow Lake and displacement of many people in the Kootenays, but he was a man of his times and was determined to pull rural British Columbia into the modern era.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 8117

Catalogue: Forestry::British Columbia

Keywords: 0920576699 British Columbia Forestry Politics Political Science