Spiked Boots: Sketches of the North Country

Spiked Boots: Sketches of the North Country
- Used Book in Good Condition
In the days of log drives on the rivers of New England, whenever a riverman was killed on the drive, his comrades hung his spiked boots on a tree to mark the spot. As a youth, Robert Pike spotted such a pair of boots, and from that moment was born his lifelong fascination with the colorful history of the New England logging industry. The dozens of tales he collected are narrated here by "Old Vern," a cantankerous backwoods character. Here are legends and wild anecdotes of the loggers and rivermen who worked in the woods and on the Connecticut and Androscoggin Rivers, plying their romantic, dangerous trade in the early part of this century. Others tell of "quaint characters" and "unusual specimens of God's carelessness"--people like Ginseng Willard, who slept in a coffin for two years just to get used to it, or Ervin Palmer, a hermit who dreamed of making a violin that would duplicate the sounds of the natural world. Although Pike was a respected scholar and historian and the author of many books, Spiked Boots is the one he wanted to be remembered by. We are proud to restore to print this important piece of New England folk history. Illustrated with never-before-published photographs from the author's private collection, and a new foreword by Helen-Chantal Pike, who grew up hearing her father's tales as bedtime stories.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer Countryman Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 15 b&w photographs
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1999-11-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780881504361

Country	USA
Brand	W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer	Countryman Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	15 b&w photographs
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	1999-11-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780881504361

Spiked Boots: Sketches of the North Country

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