GIFTS FROM THE FOREST

Marking, falling, undercutting, backcutting, limbing, bucking, hauling, measuring and mill trimming are described and photographed with the rhythm and excitement of the lumbering operation itself. Mrs. Wall, a California school teacher, has taken in accurate detail, the cycle of one lumbering operation near Martell, California, and as she describes its phases- the creak and crash of great trees and the whirr of the mill saws come excitingly alive. John Calvin Towsley's expert photography is as integral a part of the book as is the text. His camera catches the sweat on a faller's brow, the bustle of truckloading, minutiae like the caulks on a lumberjack's shoes, the reaches of the pines- with clarity and precision. A wonderful book for the class room and all young reference libraries.