Logger-talk: Some Notes on the Jargon of the Pacific Northwest Woods

Williams, Guy; Hughes, Glenn - ed

Verlag: University of Washington Book Store, Seattle, 1930

Beschreibung

Number 41 in the University of Washington Chapbooks series, and one of the more collectible numbers, being a depression era lexicon of the logging camps of the Puget Sound in which the author grew up. The original photos are of a dapper, young Guy Williams driving a boat and standing next to recently felled timber. Williams was a prominent figure, along with his friend and editor of the series, Glenn Hughes, in the Seattle theatre scene. Williams served as the first state director of the newly organized Federal Theater Project, with Hughes as the Regional Advisor. Under Williams' direction and supervision, the segregated Negro Repertory Company of Seattle gained national acclaim for their first three productions, most notablyStevedorein 1936. 19x13cm, 30pp. Signed by Williams on the ffep. Printed, wood-patterned paper wrappers show some light edge wear and toning else near fine. Laid in are 3 original logging photographs of the author. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5471

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Logger-talk: Some Notes on the Jargon of the...

Verlag: University of Washington Book Store, Seattle

Erscheinungsdatum: 1930

Einband: Softcover

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

Auflage: First edition.