Sawdust Empire: The Texas Lumber Industry, 1830-1940

By Robert S. Maxwell and Robert D. Baker

Book Overview

"This first comprehensive story of logging, lumbering, and forest conservation in Texas records the industry's history from the earliest days of the Republic, when a few isolated operations provided for local needs, through the first four decades of the twentieth century. Supplemented by over one hundred photographs, many never before published, the text re-creates Texas's heyday as one of the nation's leading timber producers"--

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585440590
• ISBN13: 9781585440597
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 2.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.1"