Wackerman, A. E. Harvesting Timber Crops (The American Forestry Series). New York &c.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1949. First Edition. [12176]
Maroon cloth with bright gilt spine titles, binding clean & tight, 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. xii, 437 clean pp., printed on glossy stock. 155 b/w illustrations, many from photographs. Very good. Hardcover.
"This text has been written to describe and discuss the principles involved in correctly harvesting timber crops, with special emphasis on the aspects related to forestry." - Preface.
Albert E. Wackerman was educated at the University of Minnesota and earned a master's degree from the Yale University School of Forestry. His career included employment with the U. S. Forest Service and with several private lumber companies.
"His most important single accomplishment was the publication of Harvesting Forest Crops in 1949. This textbook was used in forestry schools across the United States and even in a number of other countries...No other text replaced the information provided by Wackerman's book, so it was reprinted in India in 2002 and continues to be distributed worldwide." - James P. Barnet, Faces from the Past: Profiles of Those Who Led Restoration of the South's Forests.
