Memories of a rough-and-ready life in the majestic southern wilderness; Set in what remains some of the wildest country in the United States, Sound Wormy recalls a time when regulation were few and resources were abundant for the southern lumber industry. in 1901 Andrew Gennett put all of his money into a tract of timber along the Chattooga River watershed, which traverses parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. By the time he wrote his memoir almost forty years later, Gennett had outwitted and outworked ...
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Memories of a rough-and-ready life in the majestic southern wilderness; Set in what remains some of the wildest country in the United States, Sound Wormy recalls a time when regulation were few and resources were abundant for the southern lumber industry. in 1901 Andrew Gennett put all of his money into a tract of timber along the Chattooga River watershed, which traverses parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. By the time he wrote his memoir almost forty years later, Gennett had outwitted and outworked countless competitors in the southern mountains to make his mark as one of the region's most seasoned, innovative, and successful lumbermen. His recollections of a rough-and-ready outdoor life are filled with details of logging, from the first cruise of a timber stand to the moment when the last board lies on sticks in the mill yard. He tells how massive poplars, oaks, and other hardwoods had to be felled and trimmed by hand, dragged down mountain slopes by draft animals, floated downstream or carried by rail to the mill, and then sawn, graded, and stacked for drying. He tells of buying timber rights in a land market filled with sharp operators, where titles and
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