Gyppo Logger

<p>Margaret Elley Felt’s autobiographical <i>Gyppo Logger</i> originally published in 1963 tells a story almost universally overlooked in the history of the logging industry: the emergence of family-based independent contract or gyppo loggers in the post-World War II timber economy and the crucial role of women within that economy. For seven years Margaret Felt was her husband’s partner in their logging business — driving truck keeping the wage rolls and jawboning her way into more credit at the supply stores.<br/><br/><b>Margaret Elley Felt </b>is the author of thirteen books in addition to <i>Gyppo Logger</i>. She has contributed to popular magazines including <i>National Wildlife</i> and <i>Parents Magazine</i> and was an editor and public information officer for several Washington State agencies.</p>