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Blasting railways into the side of mountains, scaling Douglas firs that tower 200 feet. These visions draw 18-year-old Albert Weissler to a job with the Skybillings Logging Company in the high mountains of Washington State. But a train crash on a mountainside that kills a friend, and Albert's discovery that it was sabotage, quickly dash boyhood dreams and launch a saga of love, grand dreams, and transformation in the turbulent world of big-timber logging and labor unrest in late-1930s America. This is The Woods, part coming-of-age story, part historical novel. It is the story of Albert learning to survive in a dangerous and unforgiving environment; Albert's mother, Lydia, struggling to restart her life after Albert's father is killed in the woods; WWI veteran and Skybillings owner, Bud Cole, trying to rebuild his dream after the market crash destroyed him; and savvy firebrand Clare Ristall campaigning to win a political election, build a new union - and win Lydia's love. The Woods is a beautiful panorama of lives and dreams during one of the most defining moments of American history, as have's and have-not's, the powerful and the ordinary, struggle to survive in the wake of economic upheaval. This is a book that paints the inner complexities and nuances of its characters as beautifully as it portrays the raw splendor of the Northwest's ice-topped peaks and unrelenting natural power of the woods themselves. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Forty-eight chapters and an Epilogue grant author Ronald Lee Geigle the opportunity to tell a compelling story. Readers meet a large cast of characters, each with a distinctive voice. The logging operation at the center of the story is complex, the conflicts that occur hold our attention and create empathy. Human nature, politics and economic factors combine to influence the sequence of events.
Logging at best is a dangerous profession. Equipment can fail. Accidents happen. Sabotage occurs. The work is done by men who smell of "a mixture of oil, grease, dirt, sweat, mixed with the perfume of recently cut wood and sawdust."
Zoe,the woman who cooks delicious food provides an antidote to this inevitable smell: by her edict they must shed their work clothes and plunge into the adjacent river en route to the dining hall. Her meals conclude with splendid pies (and we read of one man who "didn't eat pie from the point, but from the crust end onward.")
A great deal of action is covered in the timespan of this novel. Quiet conversations between mother and son enrich the story, an impromptu tug-of-war at the county fair is a surprise. All in all readers are well served.
The book includes a Bibliography.
**You Tube has two interviews with the author.
The 9.43 minutes on KWAL has splendid pictures. (