Adirondack Voices: Woodsmen and Woods Lore

by Robert D. Bethke

Reprint of the work originally published by the University of Illinois Press in 1981. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

180 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1980

Reviews

[Ausy · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this book there are many story's of different woodsman in the ADKs. It also goes to all the different places in the ADKs and what they logged and where they logged. The "old" men in the book worked almost until they died. Also it talked about the river logging which was a way to transport the lumber to the mill. Finally the old folk tales and songs the loggers made to pass time more easily. The songs were very nifty as well and another main point was leaving their families for long periods of time.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

the info on the logging camps was of some interest and the life of the workers also. but the stories were a bit to simple for me

[Faye · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting book on local history.