Bullofthewoodsbooks, LLC

fred civish, president of bull of the woods books is a professional journalist living in ogden, utah. as a fourth-generation coal miner and having worked in the mines as a teenager, including a summer spent swinging a sixteen-pound spike hammer in 100 degree heat, and being raised in a coal camp, he heard mining stories all his life. thus began a lifelong belief in the greatness and nobility of the "common working man." fred has always had a love for writing. he has written more than a thousand articles for dozens of trade journals. he received a bachelor's degree in journalism and later a master's degree in educational psychology, which led to a position as an associate psychologist at the utah state training school for the mentally handicapped. his broad range of activities and interests include such diverse things as parachute jumping and diving for abalone in the pacific. bull of the woods books, llc was created to promote his works.