Lumberjack: Inside an Era in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan : 50th Anniversary Edition | 
| Author: William S. Crowe
Creators: Lynn Mcglothlin Emerick, Ann Mcglothlin Weller
Publisher: North Country Publishing (MI)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 155020
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 7.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 0965057739
Dewey Decimal Number: 634.98097749
EAN: 9780965057738
ASIN: 0965057739
Publication Date: August 1, 2002
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Product Description
Lumberjack - Inside an Era in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was awarded First Place as the Best Biography/Memoir of 2002 at the Midwest Book Awards of the Midwest Independent Publishers Association, St. Paul MN -- May 14, 2003. A firsthand account of the lumbering era during the white pine boom years of the late 1800s - early 1900s in the northern U.S. Millions of board feet of logs were cut in deep woods camps, driven down the rivers to the sawmills and shipped by schooner and barge to build a nation. This 50th Anniverary Edition of the original book has been redesigned and expanded, with 78 historic photographs and illustrations, glossary, editors' notes, author bio, map.
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 Fabulous! August 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The history of Upper Michigan's lumber days - great detail and wonderful photographs. An extremely interesting read covering a sometimes harsh, but beautiful area of the North.
7 STARS July 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I LOVED THIS BOOK..I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE OLE SHANTY BOYS !
 Lumberjack Story January 11, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book is ok, just a little tedious in parts. It's more of a historical rambling, with interesting anecdotes.
A classic Upper Peninsula logging memoir, now amply illustrated December 13, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
First-hand accounts of the dramatic "big cut" by participant-observers are always illuminating. William S. Crowe's reminiscence of his years in the woods and the early days of Manistique, at the north end of Lake Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, was a classic in the 1950s. His granddaughters Lynn McGlothin Emerick and Ann McGlothin Weller have done a real service by republishing his book with ample photos and notes. Their book led to a WNMU public TV special and DVD on Upper Peninsula logging. Its success inspired and helped fund subsequent public TV productions on other aspects of U.P. history. These specials help preserve and disseminate stories of that distinctive corner of American landscape and culture.
Lumberjack: Inside an Era in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan : 50th Anniversary Edition July 28, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have lived in Michigan all my 69 years, and I've observed the remains of the 19th century logging era in both the lower part of the state and in the Upper Peninsula where logging is still a major part of the economy. Of the books I have read Lumberjack: Inside an Era... provides a fresh view inside life in the logging communities in the late 1800's. It is the only book I know of written by an author who knew the workings of the logging industry by having worked from an office boy to owning the company. Crowe did not himself ride the logs down the rivers, but he certainly was well informed on every aspect of the logging business. He also gives us a taste of what day to day life was like in Manistique, Michigan. For example, some of the bicycle adventures described would be a challenge on a new 21 speed mountain bike, let alone a 19th century vintage one-speed. We often read of how rowdy the lumberjacks were, but Crowe describes Manistique as a very civilized community. Although the men that worked in the woods were a tough and hardy bunch, who did enjoy a good time, they had little time to party while working dawn to dusk in the lumber camps, and when in Manistique they behaved as law-abiding citizens. Lumberjack: Inside an Era is an important addition to the history of logging in the Great Lakes region, and I would strongly recommend it to anyone interested in the history of that period.
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