Cargando…
Sound wormy : memoir of Andrew Gennett, Lumberman /
Annotation Set in what remains some of the wildest country in the United States, Sound Wormyrecalls a time when regulations were few and resources were abundant for the southern lumber industry. In 1901 Andrew Gennett put all of his money into a tract of timber along the Chattooga River watershed, w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Otros Autores: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Athens :
University of Georgia Press,
©2002.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FOREWORD. Woods Bulls and Ballhooters: The World of Andrew Gennett
- Editors Note
- Preface
- ONE. My Birth and Childhood
- TWO. Gennett Family History
- THREE. Lebanon Law School
- FOUR. Entry into the Lumber Business
- FIVE. First Run of Logs, February 2, 1903
- SIX. New Camps on the Chattooga River
- SEVEN. Depression, 1904
- EIGHT. Visions of Timber Deals, 1905
- NINE. Episodes in Madison, South Carolina
- TEN. Romance of Rabun County
- ELEVEN. Recollections of Clayton, Georgia
- TWELVE. Sawmilling on Tessentee Creek, 1907-1908.
- THIRTEEN. Removal to Franklin, North Carolina
- FOURTEEN. The Weeks Act of 1911 and Land Sales to the Government
- FIFTEEN. Eminent Domain
- SIXTEEN. Marriage to Julia Bell Tate
- SEVENTEEN. Appalachian Logging Congress
- EIGHTEEN. Interesting Experiences While Cruising Timber
- NINETEEN. Running Band Mills in Tennessee, 1919-1933
- TWENTY. Perversity of Inanimate Objects and Peril of Lumber Industry
- TWENTY-ONE. Failure of the Revenge Theory
- TWENTY-TWO. Inevitability of Lawsuits in the Lumber Industry
- TWENTY-THREE. Struggle and Stress in the Lumber Industry.
- TWENTY-FOUR. The Necessity of Luck
- TWENTY-FIVE. Periods of Economic Panic
- TWENTY-SIX. Resumption of Timber Purchases for Speculation
- Afterword
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- W
- Y.