Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.
Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.
Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.
Remembering Missouri's Lookout Towers: A Place Above the Trees Hardcover – November 15, 2019
For half a century Bob Frakes pursued his "Forest Lookout Tower" hobby. All the time he collected papers, pictures, stories and friends. He was urged to put his memories down in a book and not let them be forgotten.
"Remembering Missouri's Lookout Towers - A Place above the Trees" is finished.
It contains history. What preceded and created a need for the towers? It has stories. What is the goat doing on the top steps? It has technical information. What is the difference between an LS-40 and a MC-39? It has interviews. Those who worked the towers remember. It has submissions. Individuals who lived the life share their thoughts on themselves, what it was like and relatives. Others share their technical knowledge on fire finders, dispatch maps, the forest today, map projects, dozers, etc.
And of course, there are the pictures. The book contains over 300 images. Some are archival and one of a kind and many are in color. You can take a tower trip and never leave your living room.
You will also find tower names, towers moved, Bucksnort Foodstand, tower mysteries, Smokey Bear, the Royal Order of Squirrels, wood towers, steel towers, lookouts not towers, drone shots, and much more.
Missouri is often cited as the nation's #1 conservation success story. Come examine this part of the story as to how it got that way.
- Print length278 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWords Matter Publishing
- Publication dateNovember 15, 2019
- Dimensions8.5 x 0.88 x 11 inches
- ISBN-101949809528
- ISBN-13978-1949809527
The Amazon Book Review
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Product details
- Publisher : Words Matter Publishing (November 15, 2019)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 278 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1949809528
- ISBN-13 : 978-1949809527
- Item Weight : 2.55 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.88 x 11 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,304,128 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #778 in Forests & Forestry (Books)
- #49,411 in Engineering (Books)
- Customer Reviews:
Customer reviews
Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.
Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon-
Top reviews