Driving Logs on the Cass [Laws C22]

DESCRIPTION: A crew of loggers led by Miller have hard times, caused especially by the incompetent cook, "Old Black Joe." Despite logjams, the drive is successful until the river's water falls too low. The loggers head home gratefully
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1941 (Beck-SongsOfTheMichiganLumberjacks)
KEYWORDS: logger cook river lumbering
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Laws C22, "Driving Logs on the Cass"
Beck-SongsOfTheMichiganLumberjacks 28, "Driving Logs on the Cass" (1 text)
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, pp. 38-41, "Driving Logs on the Cass" (1 text)
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 16, "Driving Logs on the Cass" (1 text)
DT 839, LOGCASS
Roud #1928
File: LC22

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