Gyppo Logger

by Margaret Elley Felt

Book Overview

Margaret Elley Felt's autobiographical Gyppo Logger, originally published in 1963, tells a story almost universally overlooked in the history of the logging industry: the emergence of family-based, independent contract or "gyppo" loggers in the post-World War II timber economy, and the crucial role of women within that economy. For seven years Margaret Felt was her husband's partner in their logging business -- driving truck, keeping the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295981660
• ISBN13: 9780295981666
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher