The Woods
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century, Fiction & Literature, Historical, Literary
| Author: | Ronald Lee Geigle | ISBN: | 9780991271306 |
| Publisher: | Polidais LLC | Publication: | December 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ronald Lee Geigle |
| ISBN: | 9780991271306 |
| Publisher: | Polidais LLC |
| Publication: | December 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
