Adirondack Logging: Stories, Memories, Cookhouse Chronicles, Linn Tractors, and Gould Paper Company History from Adirondack and Tug Hill Lumber Camps

by William J. O'Hern

Adirondack Logging( Stories Memories Cookhouse Chronicles Linn Tractors and Gould Paper Company History from Adirondack and Tug Hill L) <> Paperback <> WilliamJ.O'Hern <> AdirondackBooks/NorthCountryBooks

498 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 2016

About the author

William J. "Jay" O'Hern lives in rural Camden, NY, where he worked as an elementary school teacher for 35 years before retiring. He and his wife, Bette, raised 5 children and now enjoy their many grandchildren.

Jay is a graduate of the State Universities of New York at Auburn and at Oswego and did graduate work at both Oswego and the College of St. Rose in Albany.

Jay has also worked in the lumber, paper, chemical, and metal fabricating industries. Carpentry, handicrafts, gardening, kayaking, backpacking, snowshoeing, mountain biking, and writing are his hobbies.

Jay became a 46er in the 1980s and has been a member of the Adirondack Mountain Club since 1969. He lectured for Adirondack Discovery for 17 years, for Sagamore Lodge in Raquette Lake for 7 years and occasionally for the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake.

Reviews

[David Welch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very detailed history of logging in the Adirondacks in the early twentieth century. Lots of great stories and background on how things worked back then, you really get a feel for the camp life and the types of people working there. By far the best part was the wealth of pictures of the early twentieth century in the Adirondacks. Didn't realize this many pictures had survived much less made it into a book. Only drawback was the layout jumped about a bit, but a minor flaw. Interesting book for fans of Adirondack history or lumberjack lore.