SOLD OUT OUT OF STOCK	This is the fourth book in Dr. Hoffman's series. The first was Dummy Lines, then Steam Whistles In The Piney Woods, Volume one and Steam Whistles In The Piney Woods Volume two. For nearly two decades, Laurel was the lumber capitol of Mississippi. In Yellow Pine Capital Gil Hoffman and Tony Howe, through stories and anecdotes, have focused on the four sawmills around which the city of Laurel grew. The book contains historic photographs, maps of the routes of the logging railroads, as well as locomotive histories. 422 pages.  The book cover in great detail the histories of: Kamper & Lewin Manufacturing Co. A. M. Lewin & Co. Eastman, Gardiner & Co. Kingston Lumber Co. Eastman-Gardiner Hardwood Co. Pascagoula Hardwood Co. The Mengel Co. Gilchrist-Fordney Co. Marathon Lumber Co. Wausau Southern Lumber Co.   Dr. Gilbert Hoffman grew up in Mississippi and has devoted much of his adult life to his avocation of Mississippi railroad and sawmill history. Co-author Tony Howe is a Mississippi Gulf Coast native and career railroader employed by the Norfolk Southern Railroad. An historian and professional artist, Howe has spent years researching records and mapping timber holdings of sawmills and logging railroads in Mississippi.
Will be available soon... tracking down the few remaining copies now.	Steam Whistles in the Piney Woods Volume 1 by Dr. Gilbert Hoffman covers in great detail the history of the sawmills and logging railroads of the large companies in Forrest and Lamar Counties in Mississippi. The book is lavishly illustrated with many photographs and detailed maps. 294 pages. This book covers the following companies: Tatum Lumber Co. J. J. Newman Lumber Co. Camp & Hinton Co. Hinton Brothers Lumber Co. R. W. Hinton Co. A. S. Hinton & Co. Wells Lumber Co. Edward Hines Yellow Pine Co.  J. C. Pearson Lumber Co. W. B. Leeke Co.
Will be available soon... tracking down the few remaining copies now.	Steam Whistles in the Piney Woods Volume 2 by Dr. Gilbert H. Hoffman continues the coverage of the other sawmills and logging railroads in Forrest and Lamar Counties in Mississippi. It is well-illustrated with many vintage photographs and many detailed maps drawn by Tony Howe. 262 pages. This books covers the following companies: R. B. Gunn Yarbrough Lumber Co. McInnis Lumber Co. Kamper & Lewin Manufacturing Co. Charles W. Rich Chicago Lumber & Coal Co. John T. Arnold J. J. Haney James Hand Hand & Caraway Hand-Jordan Co. Nortac Manufacturing Co. Bay Creek Lumber Co. Meadows Lumber Co. Bowie Lumber Co. Brookhaven Lumber & Manufacturing Co. Hattiesburg Saw Mill Co. Enon Lumber Co. Parker & Wilder J. F. Wilder Creek Lumber Co. W. C. Griffin Steadman & Wentworth Phillips & Wentworth Red Creek Lumber Co. Coney Lumber Co. Ferguson Lumber Co. Arnold, Espy & Co. A. G. Little Lumber Co. Lamar Lumber Co. Major-Sowers Saw Mill Co. Bynum Lumber Co.

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