IN SEARCH OF STEAM DONKEYS traces the development of the machinery that made steam logging possible--& sometimes dangerous, sometimes lucrative. It describes the surprisingly creative methods that old-time loggers used, modified, & sometimes misused; the equipment they worked with daily; the sometimes funny, frequently poignant, tales of living & growing up in a logging camp; the reminiscences of those who still remember working as whistle punks, riggers, donkey doctors, & hooktenders. But this book is much more than a ...
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IN SEARCH OF STEAM DONKEYS traces the development of the machinery that made steam logging possible--& sometimes dangerous, sometimes lucrative. It describes the surprisingly creative methods that old-time loggers used, modified, & sometimes misused; the equipment they worked with daily; the sometimes funny, frequently poignant, tales of living & growing up in a logging camp; the reminiscences of those who still remember working as whistle punks, riggers, donkey doctors, & hooktenders. But this book is much more than a collection of personal anecdotes. The product of a lifetime of experience & of twenty years of active research in the field, IN SEARCH OF STEAM DONKEYS tells the stories of the discovery & preservation of the last of these old-time logging machines. It is filled with detailed photographs, diagrams, & dimensions of many types of steam logging equipment. Included are ten plans that many will find useful for constructing their own scale models of these machines & their accessories. A feast for the eyes & the imagination, IN SEARCH OF STEAM DONKEYS will be of interest to loggers, historians, modelers, machinery buffs, curiosity seekers, & lovers of the Pacific Northwest heritage.
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Add this copy of In Search of Steam Donkeys: Logging Equipment in Oregon to cart. $74.91, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Timber Times Inc.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0965021300. Black and white photographs throughout. Second printing. Very near fine in like dust jacket.; 280 pages.
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Good in good dust jacket. address label and writing inside cover. edge foxing. foxing inside dustjacket no marks on text of illustrations. minor cover edge wear. dustjacket rub marks, dents, scratches, and edge curl. edge tear on back. 280 pages, 11 1/4" x 8 3/4", To the people who used them, steam donkeys and other logging equipment made their livelihoods possible. From its beginnings in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, to its heyday in the twenties and thirties, to its decline and extinction in the 1950s, steam logging captured the imaginations and hearts of generations of Oregonians. In Search of Steam Donkeys traces the development of the machinery that made steam logging possible-and sometimes dangerous, sometimes lucrative. It describes the surprisingly creative methods that old-time loggers used, modified (and sometimes misused) the equipment they worked with daily; the sometimes funny, frequently poignant, tales of living and growing up in a logging camp; the reminiscences of those who still remember working as whistle punks, riggers, donkey doctors, and hooktenders. But this book is much more than a collection of personal anecdotes. In Search of Steam Donkeys is filled with detailed photographs, diagrams, and dimensions of many types of steam logging equipment manufactures by Willamette Iron and Steel, Puget Sound Iron and Steel, Smith and Watson Iron Works, to name a few. Also included are ten plans that many will find useful for constructing their own scale models of these machines and their accessories.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 11x8x1; Signed by Johnson on the title page. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images are unmarked. The dust jacket shows some waviness on the panels, in a mylar cover. 4to. 280pp.
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