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A collection of poems inspired by events a century ago, stories of those who served, those who waited and were bereft, stories of the lands that were battlegrounds, stories that illustrate the bewildering , terrifying contrast which forced itself upon men who marched proudly from their villages into the nightmarish landscape of war, The humanity of all those involved is a constant theme in Robert Pike's poems and the poems communicate a keen e...

The centenary of the Great War has given birth to an absolute deluge of material, but unusually this personal miscellany explores the theme through the medium of poetry, many accompanied by photographs. Intensely personal, inspired by the lives and deaths of real people and the need to remember, the poems are often poignant, sometimes humorous, many based on true stories of men from the small market-town of Saffron Walden in rural Essex. They ...

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In the days of log drives on the rivers of New England, whenever a riverman was killed on the drive, his comrades hung his spiked boots on a tree to mark the spot. As a youth, Robert Pike spotted such a pair of boots, and from that moment was born his lifelong fascination with the colorful history of the New England logging industry. The dozens of tales he collected are narrated here by "Old Vern, " a cantankerous backwoods character. Here are...

The New England loggers and river drivers were a unique breed of men. Working with their axes and peaveys through Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, they contributed mightily to the development of the United States. The daily life of the loggers was hard - working in deep icy water fourteen hours a day, sleeping in wet blankets, eating coarse food, and constantly risking their lives. Their pay was very low, yet they were proud to call themselv...