A Raft Pilot's Log: A History of the Great Rafting Industry on the Upper Mississippi, 1840-1915
Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1930. First Edition. 328pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on backstrip. Top edge gilt. Near fine. American Waterways Series II (2). Item #2150
"This work includes much information on the rise and development of the logging industry. Blair was a partner in rafting for fourteen years with ex-governor Van Sant of Minnesota. Although the American Waterways Series has only four volumes, two title, those by Blair and Merrick, are considered by rivermen to be classic of river life." - Clark & Brunet 24.
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