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Don't Call Me Ma

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Excellent book about family life in a NW Oregon logging camp, from a wife of a logger's perspective...written by the son of a logging camp couple. A very good reference for those who want to learn about how logging was done before logging trucks, when logging railroads were the main way logs were moved via rail to the rivers, to the mills, and what it was like to grow up in one of these camps, without running water, electricity. This book was about logging heritage in my county, and I am amazed at how many people in my county dont even know about it. Its companion book "Big Sam", goes well with it, and looks more at thing about the loggers, but still covers alot about the family life out in the woods. Both books dont dwell on the hardships, but more are both more about how famililes delt with the hardships just as a way of life. I highly recommend both.

I absolutely fell in love with this book. For so many reasons. First of all, I could identify with Caroline, the wonderful mother in this story, as I too have a son who insists on calling me "Ma". I am constantly saying to him "Don't call me Ma!" As I read this endearing story I fell in love with all the characters in the book. I think Mrs. Johnson was my favorite. She could out-swear and out-drink any logger in the camp. When I read this book my first thought was that this HAS to be made either into a movie or a weekly TV show. We so need wonderful stories like this one in our lives again. This is one book that I will read again and again. I dearly love it.

Don't Call Me Ma is the story of a Oregon logger who fell in love with a fine Boston lady, named Caroline Snow. She moved with "Big Sam" to the woods of Oregon, quite different from her Boston upbringing. The book teaches us lessons of nature, of love, and of persistence. It is must reading. It is such a joy to find an author such as Mr. Churchill, who is able to communicate the real meaning of life through his words. It is also a great look into the Oregon logging history.