Koch, Michael (Signed)MareMagnum
Steam & Thunder in the Timber: Saga of the Forest Railroads
Limited edition neatly signed, without inscription, by Koch upon limitation page. ix, [5], 526 pages. Bibliography. Index. Profusely illustrated with marvelous glossy archival black and white photos. Decorated endpapers. "Recounts the fascinating and colorful history of a century and a half of logging railroads in the area stretching from the Kennebec River in Maine to Puget Sound and from the Gulf of Mexico to Alaska and Canada." - from dust jacket. Average wear to book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A worthy copy of this magnificent tribute to a now-vanished era when men of mighty mettle fought and tamed the prodigious forests on their own terms. Author well-known for his earlier treatise on the Shay Locomotive. Book
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