Excerpt from Thirteen Men The toilers slew the oak and chestnut giants of the forest, in the matter of daily bread; danced at some farmhouse out in the Scotch Block; toyed with immature corn whisky at Rod ney; or coon-hunted in their own forest at night, in the way of relaxation. And, in addition to all this, there was the ever-present feud with the river boys. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.