The Measure of Katie Calloway – A Novel: A Novel

by Serena B. Miller

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The Civil War has ended, but in Katie Calloway's Georgia home conflict still rages. To protect herself and her young brother from her violent and unstable husband, she flees north, finding anonymity and sanctuary as the cook in a Northwoods lumber camp. The camp owner, Robert Foster, wonders if the lovely woman he's hired has the grit to survive the never-ending work and harsh conditions of a remote pine forest in winter. Katie wonders if she can keep her past a secret from a man she is slowly growing to love.

With grace and skill, Serena Miller brings to life a bygone era. From the ethereal, snowy forest and the warm cookstove to the rowdy shanty boys and the jagged edges of the saw, every detail is perfectly rendered, transporting the reader back to the time when pine was king, men were made of iron, and rivers were choked with logs on the way to the sawmills. Readers will have a hard time leaving the Northwoods when they turn the last page.
  • ISBN10 0800719980
  • ISBN13 9780800719982
  • Publish Date 1 October 2011
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 19 April 2022
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Baker Publishing Group
  • Imprint Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 320
  • Language English