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9781550170726
Working in the Woods A History of Logging on the West Coast
by Drushka, Ken
by Drushka, Ken
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- Comments: Canadian First. From bulls to balloons, from horses to helicopters, Working in the Woods chronicles the myriad changes which have swept through west coast logging since Captain Vancouver came ashore to cut spars in the eighteenth century. By far the most authoritative book ever written on the history of British Columbia's logging industry, Working in the Woods combines meticulous research and colourful oral accounts with a breathtaking array of rarely seen historical photographs.Author Ken Drushka, one
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- ISBN-13: 9781550170726
- ISBN: 1550170724
- Publisher: Harbour Publishing Company, Limited
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Ken Drushka worked as a journalist before spending sixteen years as a logger, silvicultural contractor and the operator of a custom sawmill. His work has been published in numerous periodicals, including Equity, Business in Vancouver, BC Report and Truck Logger. Drushka's books include the BC bestsellers Working in the Woods and Stumped: The Forest Industry in Transistion, Against Wind and Weather, Tie Hackers to Timber Harvesters and HR: A Biography of H.R. MacMillan, which won the 1996 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional BC Book Prize. He was also co-author of Three Men and a Forester (with Ian Mahood). Drushka passed away at the age of 63 in 2004.Drushka, Ken is the author of 'Working in the Woods A History of Logging on the West Coast' with ISBN 9781550170726 and ISBN 1550170724.
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