Sawdust In Your Eyes

Originally published to acclaim in 1963, and still sought after, Sawdust in Your Eyes depicts a cross-section of life in the lumber towns of West Virginia in the early 1900s. This novel describes the hard yet vibrant life of the people drawn to work the remote wilderness area. The book also shows town politics and social and cultural norms in these boom towns. Learn the trials and tribulations that brought people together from all walks of life from lumbermen, mill owners to murderers, gamblers, railroading men, and cooks, to hardworking family folks.