Memoirs of a Logger
Wenatchee, Washington: [Alfred Moltke - Self Published], (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Pp. 415. Illustrated with two generous sections of good historical photographs. Bound in off-white cloth printed in green and black. No dust jacket, as issued. A bright copy. Near Fine. Item #6977
The professional and personal history of a logger-cum-executive whose family landed in Kent, Washington in 1890. The photographs include images related to the 1902 manhunt for Puget Sound killer Harry Tracy: the posse formed to search for Tracy; the farm where he was cornered; his corpse lying prone in the L. B. Eddy barley field, among others. THus, Moltke presents
a fascinating slice of the lumber industry, with sidelights on minor chapters in Pacific Northwest history.
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