Nonfiction books by Archer Mayor
I’ve written two history books: Southern Timberman: The Legacy of William Buchanan (republished in October, 2009), and The Huron Mountain Club.
Southern Timberman: The Legacy of William Buchanan.
Athens & London: University of Georgia (1988). This book was originally published by the University of Georgia Press and very well received. It concerns the lumber and oil business in Louisiana from the 1870s to the 1970s. October, 2009: The University of Georgia Press has just informed me that this scholarly history book has just now been republished as a trade paperback. If you’d be interested in finding out something of my prior life as a historian, pick up a copy by contacting the Press directly.
At the time, reviews were pretty good, to whit:
“Southern Timberman should interest a variety of readers, including conservationists, students of business history, and historians of the post-Reconstruction South. It is a rewarding and enlightening book.”
—Environmental History Review
“The physical aspects of the book, including the photographs, are excellent. The language is fresh, vivid, and convincing. It is a good book and true to our understanding of the cutting and rebuilding of the southern forest.”
—Journal of Southern History
The Huron Mountain Club
The other one?… a four-color, hardback, vanity press work commemorating the centennial of a hunting and fishing club in Michigan. This one is a real collector’s item, rare as the proverbial hen’s tooth. Now long out of print, it sometimes locatable on the Internet.
