Catton brings a sensible and charming look back at his boyhood in a remote area of northern Michigan just as the logging era was ending. Catton writes his look back memoir at a time now long past with a journalists economical and no-nonsense style. Sometimes nostalgic, this is a delightful "sum up' book that seriously questions the future without needlessly getting mired in nostalgic rumination.
Grab this mostly forgotten charmer by one of America's best narrative writers about the American Civil War and cozy up to a good read on a winter night.