Publication Date

12-1-1977

Volume

4

Issue

1

Keywords

Local history, Logging, River Driving, Log Driving, Fishermen, Fishing, Lobstering, Women’s Social Conditions, Storytelling, Apple Cider

Disciplines

Human Ecology | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Sociology of Culture | Work, Economy and Organizations

Description

    Contents
  • 2 River Driving on the Kennebec Salt interviews 24 men and women of northwest Maine about river driving, the now outlawed act of driving logs through the mighty rivers of Maine to the mills where they are processed.
  • 6 The Men The “rough, solid, individuals” that have worked on the river and in the woods.
  • 9 Herding Logs How the logs are transported across lakes and down river.
  • 19 Drivin’ a Stick-and Other Jobs Jobs on the river and tools of the trade.
  • 21 Logging in Winter The same men who hurled cantdogs in the spring and summer were wielding axes in the winter.
  • 26 Life on the Drive and in the Woods The everyday life of a river driver and logger.
  • 30 River Driving Ballad Ballad written and sung by “Jed” Calder.
  • 36 Women in Camps The women who cooked in the logging camps.
  • 39 Storyteller River driver Gerry Bigelow tells a few stories.
  • 41 Getting Along Together How the men worked hard and played hard, side by side.
  • 44 What Am I Doin’ Here? The river drivers’ feelings toward their jobs.
  • 45 Changes and the End of an Era River driving is now outlawed. What are the river drivers’ opinions about this?
  • 48 Old Fashioned Cider Making Our longtime friend, Reid Chapman, shows us how to make cider and keeps up a steady patter of stories and laughter.
  • 60 ‘ ’Tain’t Like Christmases Now’ Salt interviews a score of Maine people, old friends and new, about their memories of Christmases fifty to sixty years ago.

Publisher

SALT, Inc.

City

Kennebunkport, Maine

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