A Rafting on the Mississip' (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816639426 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 372 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Charles Edward Russell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, chronicles the history and river lore of seventy years of lumber rafting. Russell writes with a lively pen, and he has made a colorful and entertaining account." New York Times Book Review "Not a dull page in the book. Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Series. Russell writes frontier history as it should be written." New York Herald Tribune Charles Edward Russell (1860-1941) grew up on the shores of the Mississippi River during the days of lumber rafting. But his story covers also the splendid phase of the river steamboat. During the nineteenth century, pine logs were lashed together to form easily floatable rafts that traveled from Minnesota and Wisconsin down the Mississippi River to build the farms and towns of the virtually treeless lower Midwest. "Russell deals with those decades during which the lumber business and the rafting of lumber grew and reached enormous proportions. These huge log rafts were steered down the river by steamboat pilots whose skill and intimate knowledge of the river's many hazards were legendary. Best known as a journalist during the muckraking era for his exposés on the beef and tobacco trusts, Russell was also a cofounder of the National Association
Carol R. Rotz said interesting. Interesting information, well written, appropriate language even for today. Wonderful history of the upper Mississippi River and the people who loved it.