Mississippi Harvest: Lumbering in the Longleaf Pine Belt, 1840-1915 by Nollie W. Hickman The story of the mills, the men, and the methods that laid claim to one of Mississippi's major renewable resources In this classic work of Mississippi history, Nollie W. Hickman relates the felling of great forests of longleaf pine in a Southern state where lumbering became a mighty industry. Mississippi Harvest records the arduous transportation of logs to the mills, at first by oxcart and water and later by rail. It details how the naval stores trade flourished through the production of turpentine, pitch, and rosin; and through the expansion of exports, which furnished France with spars for sailing vessels. The book tracks the impact of the Civil War on Southern lumbering; the tragedy of denuded land; and, finally, the renewal of resources through reforestation. Born into a family of lumbermen, Hickman acquired firsthand knowledge of forest industries. Later, as a student of history, he...

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