{"product_id":"sawmill-kenneth-l-smith-9780938626695","title":"Sawmill: The Story of Cutting the Last Great Virgin Forest East of the Rockies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSawmill\u003c\/i\u003e is a history of logging in the Arkansas and Oklahoma Ouachita Mountains from 1900 to 1950, a penetrating study of the lumber industry, and a significant view of man's interaction with a major forest resource. It is also a social history in its account of the lumbermen's quest for the last virgin timber and the effects of its depletion. Kenneth L. Smith interviewed more than three hundred people to develop this lively history of the cutting of virgin shortleaf pine forests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Caddo River Lumber Company and the Arkansas mill towns of Rosboro, Glenwood, and Forester provided jobs and homes for many during the brief heyday of the big sawmills. Smith takes a close look at several important timber companies, and at the personality of T. W. Rosborough, a man who bought and sold vast tracts of land and had an almost fatherly concern for both white and black sawmill workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recollections included here provide insight into a population that lived through the Depression years in isolated mountain communities where cats were sometimes sold as possum meat, and where men enjoyed weekend \"sip and sniff\" poker parties. The book is richly illustrated with photographs from the time of the mills and includes a foldout map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSawmill\u003c\/i\u003e was originally published in 1986 and reprinted in 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Virginia C. Ledbetter Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth L. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0938626698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780938626695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.96h x 7.06w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 108","brand":"Kenneth L. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46052204151039,"sku":"9780938626695","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44b3081c-2d92-41f5-b89e-4284bba021a0.jpg?v=1723555643","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sawmill-kenneth-l-smith-9780938626695","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}