Timberrr ... a history of logging in New England / by Mary Morton Cowan

An illustrated history of the New England forests, from colonial days when settlers freely used the trees for warmth and housing to today's tensions between environmentalists and the logging industry.

Contents: Trees everywhere! -- The king's woods -- Timberrr! -- Back at camp -- Going down with the drive -- Logs to lumber -- Full steam ahead! -- Fire! and other disasters! -- Managing our forests today! -- The forest-or the trees, or both? -- Logging timeline

Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, 2003

2003

128 p.: ill.; 21 x 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references