Brown Willa (35 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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hardcover. Condition: Good. HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Lumberjacks: the men, the myth, and the making of an American legend The folk hero Paul Bunyan, burly, bearded, wielding his big ax, stands astride the story of the upper Midwesta manly symbol of the labor that cleared the vast north woods for the march of industrialization while somehow also maintaining an aura of pristine nature. This idea, celebrated in popular culture with songs and folktales, receives a long overdue and thoroughly revealing correction in Gentlemen of the Woods, a cultural history of the life and lore of the real lumberjack and his true place in American history. Now recalled as heroes of wilderness and masculinity, lumberjacks in their own time were despised as amoral transients. Willa Hammitt Brown shows that nineteenth-century jacks defined their communities of itinerant workers by metrics of manhood that were abhorrent to the residents of the nearby Northwoods boomtowns, valuing risk-taking and skill rather than restraint and control. Reviewing songs, stories, and firsthand accounts from loggers, Brown brings to life the activities and experiences of the lumberjacks as they moved from camp to camp. She contrasts this view with the popular image cultivated by retreating lumber companies that had to sell off utterly barren land. This mythologized image glorified the lumberjack and evoked a kindly, flannel-wearing, naturalist hero. Along with its portrait of lumberjack life and its analysis of the creation of lumberjack myth, Gentlemen of the Woods offers new insight into the intersections of race and social class in the logging enterprise, considering the actual and perceived roles of outsider lumberjacks and Native inhabitants of the northern forests. Anchored in the dual forces of capitalism and colonization, this lively and compulsively readable account offers a new way to understand a myth and history that has long captured our collective imagination. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. BOMC. (Originally published, 1926) Special edition, slightly smaller book, lavender cloth spine, blue boards, 303 pages, pretty green stamp on first front end paper showing cat sleeping on a stack of books--"This Book Belongs to Me," and neat ink signature. DJ color-illustrated with painting by Cary Thorp Brown. Two other Cather books available, both 1995 special editions: My Antonia and O Pioneers, book numbers 17895 and 17896. Very Fine DJ/Near Very Fine book. Brown, Cary Thorp (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. Cream cloth spine, pale yellow boards, 309 pages. DJ color-illustrated with painting by Cary Thorp Brown. Please note two other Cather books in special editon 1995 available: Death Comes for the Archbishop and My Antonia, no. 17894 and 17895. Very Fine DJ/Near Very Fine book. Brown, Cary Thorp (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st printing. 7 1/4 x 9 1/4", 319 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Three book collection. Expedited or International shipping may cost more. Brown, Cary Thorp (illustrator).

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Ex-library.

hardcover. Condition: New. Brand New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardback. Condition: New. Lumberjacks: the men, the myth, and the making of an American legend The folk hero Paul Bunyan, burly, bearded, wielding his big ax, stands astride the story of the upper Midwest-a manly symbol of the labor that cleared the vast north woods for the march of industrialization while somehow also maintaining an aura of pristine nature. This idea, celebrated in popular culture with songs and folktales, receives a long overdue and thoroughly revealing correction in Gentlemen of the Woods, a cultural history of the life and lore of the real lumberjack and his true place in American history. Now recalled as heroes of wilderness and masculinity, lumberjacks in their own time were despised as amoral transients. Willa Hammitt Brown shows that nineteenth-century jacks defined their communities of itinerant workers by metrics of manhood that were abhorrent to the residents of the nearby Northwoods boomtowns, valuing risk-taking and skill rather than restraint and control. Reviewing songs, stories, and firsthand accounts from loggers, Brown brings to life the activities and experiences of the lumberjacks as they moved from camp to camp. She contrasts this view with the popular image cultivated by retreating lumber companies that had to sell off utterly barren land. This mythologized image glorified the lumberjack and evoked a kindly, flannel-wearing, naturalist hero. Along with its portrait of lumberjack life and its analysis of the creation of lumberjack myth, Gentlemen of the Woods offers new insight into the intersections of race and social class in the logging enterprise, considering the actual and perceived roles of outsider lumberjacks and Native inhabitants of the northern forests. Anchored in the dual forces of capitalism and colonization, this lively and compulsively readable account offers a new way to understand a myth and history that has long captured our collective imagination.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Moderate wear to boards, wear and tears to dust jacket due to age and use. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Clean and unmarked. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Acceptable. This copy is the First Edition of the published work. This copy is the First Printing of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

hardcover. Condition: New. Special order direct from the distributor.

Condition: new.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 368 pages. 9.00x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 368 pages. 9.00x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.