Big Timber A Story of the Northwest

Big Timber is a novel by Bertrand W. Sinclair, set in the Pacific Northwest during the early 20th century. The story follows the life of a young man named Jim Thorne, who comes to the region to work in the logging industry. Thorne quickly learns the harsh realities of the logging business, including the dangers of working in the forest and the cutthroat competition between logging companies.As Thorne rises through the ranks of his company, he becomes embroiled in a bitter rivalry with a rival logging outfit. The conflict between the two companies escalates into violence, and Thorne finds himself caught in the middle of a dangerous feud.Throughout the novel, Sinclair vividly portrays the rugged beauty of the Pacific Northwest, as well as the challenges faced by those who made their living in the timber industry. He also explores themes of loyalty, betrayal, and the struggle for power and control in a rapidly changing world.Overall, Big Timber is a gripping tale of adventure, romance, and intrigue set against the backdrop of one of America's most iconic landscapes.1916. With Frontispiece by Douglas Duer. From the best-selling Western author, Big Timber begins: The Imperial Limited lurched with a swing around the last hairpin curve of the Yale canyon. Ahead opened out a timbered valley, narrow on its floor, flanked with bold mountains, but nevertheless a valley, down which the rails lay straight and shining on an easy grade. The river that for a hundred miles had boiled and snarled parallel to the tracks, roaring through the granite sluice that cuts the Cascade Range, took a wider channel and a leisurely flow. The mad haste had fallen from it as haste falls from one who, with time to spare, sees his destination near at hand; and the turgid Fraser had time to spare, for now it was but threescore miles to tidewater. So the great river moved placidly-as an old man moves when all the headlong urge of youth is spent and his race near run.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.