{"product_id":"woody-tales-tall-but-true-enrico-hoover-9780473738303","title":"Woody Tales, Tall but True: Living, Working and Playing in New Zealand's Wild Places","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Zealand's oldest and (for a while anyway), largest industry was Forestry. From European navies looking to re-mast their ships, to settlers needing to clear land for pasture, from building bridges to making houses, and then furniture to fill their homes, our first and biggest resource was timber.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople were needed to manage this resource, and that labour was always in short supply. Enter the training schemes that would produce Forest Rangers, Deer Cullers and Woodsmen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over 30 years, boys leaving school were invited to learn the 'Skilled Crafts of Forestry' and they attended a number of Woodsman Schools throughout the country. Many of them, if not most, became the backbone of Forestry's management structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work was hard, the pay low, the food often terrible, but they thrived on learning new skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the sale of Forests to private industry, the training schemes were abandoned in the 80's but these men kept on doing what they had always done, they work hard and play hard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were the WOODSMEN. This book is about their journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Enrico Hoover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0473738309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780473738303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Enrico Hoover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.43d","brand":"Enrico Hoover","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799311364351,"sku":"9780473738303","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/woody-tales-tall-but-true-enrico-hoover-9780473738303","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}