A LumbermanÕs Daughter Comes of Age in MichiganÕs Upper Peninsula: A Memoir by Patricia Schaut McMartin is a firsthand account of growing up during the depression years as the eldest child in a family of fourteen children. The authorÕs description of everyday routines at her grandparentsÕ farm home in Labranche, and of her early childhood Òback in the woodsÓ of Northland, Michigan, transport the reader back to a time when the lumbering industry was past its heyday, and survival depended on resourcefulness, persistence, and constant hard work. McMartin describes her love of learning and her experiences transitioning from homeschooling to a one-room schoolhouse; and to public and parochial schools in Escanaba. The authorÕs heartfelt vignettes bring the characters in her narrative to life.