07-30-2021, 04:06 PM
Thunder in the Mountains by Hank Johnston
If you want to know the ins and outs of the Madera Sugarpine Co, this is the book for you. It gives the history of the company and it's forebears. I read it because the book details the construction of the log flume that ran from Fish Camp all the way to Madera complete with pictures. That's probably not a good enough reason for you to read this book. And as any Hank Johnson book that has trains in it, there are plenty of in depth discussions of the trains. Let's just say I am learning a lot about the Shay Locomotives. There were also descriptions of camp life including where all the bordellos were located. I can now include those in my History of the area spiel.
If you want to know the ins and outs of the Madera Sugarpine Co, this is the book for you. It gives the history of the company and it's forebears. I read it because the book details the construction of the log flume that ran from Fish Camp all the way to Madera complete with pictures. That's probably not a good enough reason for you to read this book. And as any Hank Johnson book that has trains in it, there are plenty of in depth discussions of the trains. Let's just say I am learning a lot about the Shay Locomotives. There were also descriptions of camp life including where all the bordellos were located. I can now include those in my History of the area spiel.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm