Spiked boots
Loggers
Lumbering
Canada, history
Outdoor life
Country life
20th century
Anecdotes
Social life and customs
Biography
"In the days of log drives on the rivers of New England, whenever a riverman was killed on the drive, his comrades hung his spiked boots on a tree to mark the spot. As a youth, Robert Pike spotted such a pair of boots, and from that moment was born his lifelong fascination with the colorful history …
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