by Barker, F.C., Captain
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1903. Hardcover. 8vo (7.75" x 5.25"), pictorial green cloth. Frontis. port., [4], 230 pp., 15 b&w plates. Original dust jacket with recent dj cover.CONDITION: Near fine in near fine jacket. First edition, later printing (but same year). This work is based on Barker's time as a steamboat captain, sporting camp owner, river driver, etc. in Maine's Rangeley Lakes region. Chapters include "The Indian Chief Metalluk," "First Experience in Logging," "Guiding Days," "Camp Bemis and the Birches," "Experiences on the Ice," "Camp Life as it Was," and "Some Old-Time Lumbermen's Songs." Barker also wrote Hunting and Trapping (truncated)