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TIMBERRR…A History of Logging in New England
Author: Mary Morton Cowan
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Lerner Publishing Group)
Language(s): English
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This colorful history for young readers traces
the New England logging industry from its beginnings to the major American
industry that it is today. Logging was vital to the first European settlers’
survival and conflicts arose with Great Britain over mast pines. Woven into
that mast trade is the development of the lumberjack and the river driver.
Fascinating processes of cutting trees, transporting logs, and sawing them into
lumber are described, and eleven vignettes portray the day-to-day lives of
woods workers. Industrial advancements are introduced, and the book concludes
with thought-provoking issues about the future of our forests. Timberrr features more than 50
black-and-white photographs, and includes a timeline, a glossary, and a map. Suggested
Ages/Grades: 10-up/ Grade 5 and up. With teacher assistance, the many
illustrations and vignettes make it valuable for Grades 3-4 as well.
BOOKLIST: Gr. 5-8. Cowan takes an obscure topic and
convincingly points out its relevance to a wide array of historical, cultural,
and scientific studies. Drawing from dozens of sources, she chronicles
logging's history and methods, from English settlers' forays into what one dubbed
a "hideous and desolate waste land" to the development of modern
forestry. Along the way, she shows how the flourishing trade in ship masts
became a bone of contention between colonists and the crown, describes the many
dangerous, specialized jobs in eighteenth-and nineteenth-century lumbering
camps, details technical innovations that profoundly changed the industry, and
explores our still-improving understanding of forest ecology and related
environmental issues. Generously illustrated with black-and-white photos, and
capped by a comprehensive glossary plus lists of books and Web sites, this will
spark or support a plethora of research projects, as well as give readers a
vivid picture of a colorful, now nearly vanished way of life.
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