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For every man who has ever conjured up a picture of himself felling trees in a roar of chainsaw noise and power, The Backyard Lumberjack is an account of dreams fulfilled. Father and son lumberjacks Stephen and Frank Philbrick have enjoyed the thrilling destruction of felling, bucking, and splitting timber for hundreds of cords of firewood. Together they bring practical instruction and first-hand advice to every man with a chainsaw.

Before there can be any felling of trees or satisfying shouting of Timber!, every potential lumberjack must choose the proper saw. The Philbricks offer buying advice based on the quantity of wood to be cut and the amount of time to be spent on the job. Diagrams of chainsaw parts, functions, and maintenance requirements; tables and charts of saw specifications and firewood volume; and personal cautionary tales of on-the-job injuries arm potential lumberjacks with the necessary tools to make informed choices.

Chainsaw in hand, father and son move on to detailed instructions on managing a woodlot, felling and bucking, splitting and stacking, and even include fun facts on burning. For every lumberjack chore they offer advice on equipment (chaps, helmets, felling wedges, hatchets, mauls, peeves), careful procedural instruction, safety and efficiency strategies, and always their humorous anecdotes and tales of tree adventure.

For the rural lumberjack with acres of woodland, the suburban guy with a cord of wood to split and stack for the fireplace, or the urban guy who just likes to think about chainsaws, The Backyard Lumberjack is as much an engaging read on the legends and experiences of lumberjacking as a practical reference guide. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (13)

Borrow it From the Library
This is an ok book.Probably the most helpful info was the section on how to cut down a tree. Not worth keeping on the personal library shelf and I don't recommend buying it.I'm sorry I bought it.

Awesome book, great pictures
I just bought a chainsaw for my 12-acre woooded property, and after reading the manual cover to cover, I was terrified of using it. This book was very helpful, and the pictures were great.It has given me some confidence that when I get out there, I will know what I am doing.

Practical, clear, great handbook
This is a great all-purpose book if you have a woodlot or even if you don't. It covers just about everything you ever wanted to know about trees, identifying them, felling them safely, splitting, stacking, aging and burning them! We heat our house exclusively with wood, most of it taken off our property, and have found this book (like most Storey publications) to be genuinely useful.

The Art of Woodcutting
There's more to cutting wood than swinging an axe.Learn the finer points of wood splitting in this book.

Fun, informative, not complete

This is a fun and informative book. I recommend it for anyone considering doing anything
with wood before burning it. The book covers every step from tree to ashes, but there
is something in it for those that start with delivered log lengths, or shorter pieces,
split or unsplit.

I've been cutting and splitting wood for about 20 years, mostly purchased log lengths,
but also some trees on my lot. The only mistake I found was a one time confusion between
BTUs and Kilowatt Hours. The sections about limbing and bucking were correct, but a few
more examples and illustrations might have made them even better.

A substantial part of the book is not needed in an instruction manual.There are stories
about people (characters) the authors have known, sermons about the good life burning wood,
even a description of lumberjack competitions. You might not laugh as often as I did, but
if you don't smile frequently, you really are a grump.
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The Scooby gang get away on a scenic vacation to the beautiful forests of Washington State. ... Read more

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Lumberjack - Inside an Era in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was awarded First Place as the Best Biography/Memoir of 2002 at the Midwest Book Awards of the Midwest Independent Publishers Association, St. Paul MN -- May 14, 2003.

A firsthand account of the lumbering era during the white pine boom years of the late 1800s - early 1900s in the northern U.S. Millions of board feet of logs were cut in deep woods camps, driven down the rivers to the sawmills and shipped by schooner and barge to build a nation.

This 50th Anniverary Edition of the original book has been redesigned and expanded, with 78 historic photographs and illustrations, glossary, editors' notes, author bio, map. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (7)

7 STARS
I LOVED THIS BOOK..I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE OLE SHANTY BOYS !

Lumberjack Story
The book is ok, just a little tedious in parts.It's more of a historical rambling, with interesting anecdotes.

A classic Upper Peninsula logging memoir, now amply illustrated
First-hand accounts of the dramatic "big cut" by participant-observers are always illuminating. William S. Crowe's reminiscence of his years in the woods and the early days of Manistique, at the north end of Lake Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, was a classic in the 1950s. His granddaughters Lynn McGlothin Emerick and Ann McGlothin Weller have done a real service by republishing his book with ample photos and notes. Their book led to a WNMU public TV special and DVD on Upper Peninsula logging. Its success inspired and helped fund subsequent public TV productions on other aspects of U.P. history. These specials help preserve and disseminate stories of that distinctive corner of American landscape and culture.

Lumberjack: Inside an Era in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan : 50th Anniversary Edition
I have lived in Michigan all my 69 years, and I've observed the remains of the 19th century logging era in both the lower part of the state and in the Upper Peninsula where logging is still a major part of the economy.Of the books I have read Lumberjack: Inside an Era... provides a fresh view inside life in the logging communities in the late 1800's.It is the only book I know of written by an author who knew the workings of the logging industry by having worked from an office boy to owning the company.Crowe did not himself ride the logs down the rivers, but he certainly was well informed on every aspect of the logging business.He also gives us a taste of what day to day life was like in Manistique, Michigan.For example, some of the bicycle adventures described would be a challenge on a new 21 speed mountain bike, let alone a 19th century vintage one-speed.We often read of how rowdy the lumberjacks were, but Crowe describes Manistique as a very civilized community.Although the men that worked in the woods were a tough and hardy bunch, who did enjoy a good time, they had little time to party while working dawn to dusk in the lumber camps, and when in Manistique they behaved as law-abiding citizens.Lumberjack: Inside an Era is an important addition to the history of logging in the Great Lakes region, and I would strongly recommend it to anyone interested in the history of that period.

Good, basic, interesting view of U.P.
Usually you find books about Paul Bunyan, logging railroads, and lumberjacks themselves. But rarely can you find an insight into all aspects of lumbering as well get a feel for life in Michigan's U.P. that this book provides. A must-read for all Michigan history buffs. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Great read aloud!
I read this book to my fourth grade class and they loved it.It is about a conflict between a good boy, Gus, and a trouble maker, Al.Gus gets hurt and during his recovery, he dreams he is in a lumbercamp.It's kind of like the Wizzard of Oz in that the characters in his real life become characters in his dream.It depicts the life of a lumberjack right down to the foods he eats, the sleeping quarters, and the hard work it takes to run a camp.The boys love the gross desciption of chewin' and spittin' tobacco, the pungent smell of unbathed lumberjacks, and the disgusting bed bugs!Great supplement to our Michigan history unit!

Excellent book, lots of fun to read and informative. Great!
Great to teach children about the lumber camps of the midwest.Good story-line with lots of great info.Fun, kids will not want to put it down. ... Read more

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When William Kurelek was young, he went into the bush to work as a lumberjack twice. Realizing that the traditional life of a lumberjack was disappearing, he decided to record in pictures and text a job that helped to make Canada the country it is. Kurelek takes readers through a day in the bush, from the first wake-up to breakfast, to the different phases of cutting wood, to how the men spent their free time. Hardship and pleasures were shared in the creation of these unforgettable paintings. ... Read more

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The Complete History of logging in the Northwest ... Read more

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Originally published in 1965 as the initial book published by North Country Books. Rev. Frank Reed lived and worked in lumber camps for many years and was an eyewitness to the changes that occurres in the Adirondacks throughout the middle of the 20th century. ... Read more

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Dan Norman's career in sales began in a logging camp high in the hills of North Georgia.Fresh out of college with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Drawing he was making his first sales call as a sales representative with Motorola.Locked in his car, dressed in a suit and surrounded by lumberjacks carrying chain saws, Dan was afraid to open the door!Long since that terrifying beginning, Dan has become a sales performance expert.In this small yet powerful book, Top Ten Selling, Dan examines the fundamental attributes of the very best salespeople that have propelled them to the top of their professions and kept them there year after year.Top Ten Selling is not a book about sales skills but rather a book about the mindset, characteristics, actions and motivation of the very best in sales.After more than 25 years of experience hiring, managing and motivating top-performing sales employees, Dan has been able to catalog the attributes of the very best and brings them to us in Top Ten Selling.Whether you have sales representative on your business card or not, you will benefit from these fundamental principles for success and find that they can be applied throughout the workplace and life. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Fantastic - effective, straight forward, entertaining
This book delivers a "punch"!It tells you exactly what you need to do to be successful in sales.The personal stories make it real and you can relate to the author and the hundreds of sales reps he writes about in the book.It was refreshing in that it was straight forward on steps to take and how to get to the top in sales.This book is for not only sales individuals just starting out with a company for for seasoned sales professionals.A must read to succeed!! In addition, the humor will keep you interested until the last page!I HIGHLY recommend this book to everyone. ... Read more

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Title: If you're a lumberjack, this store's OK.(Reviews)(People who work or play in the outdoors will have a field day shopping at this Springfield retailer)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: January 19, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: E3

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