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The Lumberjack Frontier
by Wyman, Walker D. with Lee Prentice
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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About This Item
Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1969 First Edition Fine/Very Good+ First Edition in clean original dust jacket Very clean moss green cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine No bumping, fading or wear Binding is tight and square, no cracking Pages and edges are clean, with clean illustrated endpapers No names, writing or bookplates Illustrated with black and white plates 88 pages Dust jacket is clean, unchipped, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, a few very short closed edge tears Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover Retold from the Recollections of Louie Blanchard by Walker D Wyman Born in 1872 of a French-Canadian father and a Belgian mother, Louie Blanchard grew up on the Chippewa River (Wisconsin) and went to work in the pineries at the age of fourteen By the time he retired to farm his homestead in the Cutover Country in 1912, he knew every inch of the river, had shot all the rapids down to Eau Claire, and had taken part in the biggest drives ever seen on the Chippewa He became widely known in the region as a great storyteller, and his recollections--a potpourri of lumberjack lore, tall tales, and personal experiences--consititute an informal social history of the lumberjack frontier.
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- Title
- The Lumberjack Frontier
- Author
- Wyman, Walker D. with Lee Prentice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- AMERICANA, AMERICAN LUMBERJACK FRONTIER, LOGGING, WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA, MICHIGAN, EARLY SETTLERS, LOUIE BLANCHARD, WALKER D. WYMAN, LEE PRENTICE, FIRST EDITION, LUMBERING, UPPER MIDWEST HISTORY
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