Spiked Boots: Sketches of the North Country AUTH-12474105 Mark Twain and many others

Mark Twain and many others

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Spiked Boots: Sketches of the North Country AUTH-12474105 Mark Twain and many othersIn 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 of the New England logging industry. The dozens of tales he collected are narrated here by Old Vern, a cantankerous backwoods character. Here are legends