Following the North Star

L. Buyer Robert

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Its 1947, and George has just graduated from high school in Maine. He wants to find a job that will be physically challenging and spiritually rewarding, and hes always admired the local loggers who put their heart and soul into their work. Unfortunately, there are no available jobs in Maine, so George accepts a position at a logging camp in Oregon, thousands of miles from home.George enjoys the strenuous new job and realizes that by providing lumber, he is contributing to society, even if its in a small way. He makes friends with Jacob, a fellow logger and amateur astronomer, and together they study nature and begin to reconsider their values in life. Then tragedy strikes; Jacob has an accident and ends up in the hospital.When George visits Jacob in the hospital, hes impressed by the medical staffs love and skill. They are truly making a difference in peoples lives. Could he do the same? With prayer and deep consideration, George decides that he, too, wants to have the same type of role, and he determines to go to medical school after he is done with his term at the logging camp. But lots of obstacles stand in Georges way, and he must look to God for direction. Will he be able to reach for his dreams?

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• Children's

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• Publié par: Inspiring Voices
• Date de parution: 20 juin 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781462406128
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Following the North Star
 
 
Or
Into The Woods With Expectation And Out With Direction
 
 
Created by Robert L. Buyer
 
and Ursula T. Coute

 
Another children’s book by Buyer and Coute: “Family Work and Fun Through the Years”
 
 
 
 
Copyright © 2013 Robert L. Buyer.
 
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ISBN: 978-1-4624-0611-1 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4624-0612-8 (e)
 
Inspiring Voices rev. date: 6/17/2013


CONTENTS
About This Book  
Commencement  
Into A New World  
Learning Logging Basics  
All Male Society  
Personal Time  
Christmas  
Making New Friends  
Cutting Out New Life Values  
The Accident  
A New Direction  
Beginnings And Endings  
Epilogue  
Appendix 1, Folk Heroes  
Appendix 2, Pocket-Knife Games  
Appendix 3, A Tall Tale  
Appendix 4, The Hoop Snake  
Appendix 5, Glossary  
Appendix 6, Discussion Questions  
Appendix 7, Make a Star Map  
About The Writer  
About The Artist  
 
This book was given to: _____________________
 
By: _____________________________________
 
Date: ___________________________________
 
 
Dedicated to young people who investigate
life conditions and decide
that God’s way is the best way.

About This Book  
Upon graduating from High School in Maine, George searches unsuccessfully for local employment. He accepts a job at a logging camp thousands of miles from home in Oregon State. George enjoys the strenuous new job and realizes that he is contributing to society in a small way, by providing lumber. He makes friends with Jacob, a fellow logger, and an amateur astronomer. Together they find themselves studying nature and reexamining all their life values. When Jacob is hospitalized in an accident, George visits him and is impressed with the love and skill of the medical staff. With prayer and deep contemplation he decides to become more closely involved in helping people. George completes his term at the camp and with a lot of obstacles in front of him, goes to college following his star and renewed life values. His decision to study medicine and become a doctor enriches his life and that of many other people.
Some of the words in the story may be unfamiliar and so are defined in an appendix to increase understanding. You can discuss the subjects George and Jacob talked about from questions listed in another appendix. Appendixes include information about games the loggers played, about folk heroes, and two original tall tales, one told by an old logger and another one by George. May they bring smiles to the reader. The last appendix is a simple star map that can be made by the reader with a flashlight.


Commencement  
Roaming the woods in Maine was George’s delight since he was ten years old. Now he is 18, a high school graduate and unable to find employment of any kind, let alone his hoped-for job of working as a logger. The year is 1947. World War II has ended and military personnel are returning home to their pre-war occupations. In addition, the paper mills in Maine that once devoured an endless supply of logs are closed, or nearly so. Experienced loggers are forced to find employment in other fields. Opportunities for George to find work in local logging camps are nil. George goes through all the normal routes to finding employment with no avail.
George was a handsome athletic lad– the kind of person you immediately like at the first impression. He had earned his varsity letter in football and was popular at school, so he didn’t understand having time on his hands in this aggravating job search. Everything seemed to be in a state of flux.
Searching for a job and being disappointed with the results of his inquiries have George on edge. George and his girlfriend, Sally, spend as much time together as they can during the Summer. They go to church on Sunday, share Sunday dinner with each other’s parents, walk in the nearby woods and just talk. Sally will be a High School Senior in the Fall so she understood George’s anxiety about finding a job. She asked George to go to college and prepare for a professional job. George was an active person and wanted a more physical job– the work of loggers had always been glamorous to him and he wanted to join their number.
His former Boy Scouts of America leader knew a man who worked for a logging company in Oregon. He volunteered to write to his friend asking if there were any jobs available for an able-bodied young man. After a couple of seemingly endless weeks, the old scout leader telephoned. He had received an answer from John at the logging company saying that job openings were available for someone willing to work hard and learn the trade. The job would require strenuous work ten hours a day for board and little pay, but the employee would be in the great outdoors working with a dedicated group of men in an alcohol-free bunkhouse. Well, it took George all of five minutes to decide that he wanted the job. He would miss Sally, but leaving home for work in a logging camp was worth the sacrifice.