Long before Thomas O'Donnell entered school he had chewed tobacco and pitched horseshoes with lumberjacks at his father's camp. He witnessed the felling of the tallest trees and watched wide-eyed as the lumberjacks rode the logs through swift waters. He sat at the table when they arm wrestled and was a spectator at axe throwing competitions. Life in a North Woods Lumber Camp is O'Donnell's personal story of his life growing up in a lumber camp, vivid recollections that lay dormant for fifty years following his death. William J. O'Hern has brought this lost treasure to light in a lavishly illustrated book with dozens of period photographs.