Deep Woods Frontier: A History of Logging in Northern Michigan

by Theodore J. Karamanski

Book Overview

In Deep Woods Frontier, Theodore J. Karamanski examines the interplay between men and technology in the lumbering of Michigan's rugged Upper Peninsula.

Three distinct periods emerged as the industry evolved. The pine era was a rough pioneering time when trees were felled by axe and floated to ports where logs were loaded on schooners for shipment to large cities. When the bulk of the pine forests had been cut, other entrepreneurs saw opportunity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081432049X
• ISBN13: 9780814320495
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"