"Deep River" by Karl Marlantes

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3 жыл бұрын

You are invited to subscribe to the Finlandia Foundation KZfaq channel, and to share your comments below about this program featuring author Karl Marlantes, who talks about and reads from his historical novel "Deep River," set in the Pacific Northwest more than a century ago. The program, hosted by Kaija Perkiömäki for Finlandia Foundation National, includes photos of the logging and fishing industries of the era, and the Finnish settlers who inspired this epic tale. Marlantes is the author of the acclaimed best seller, "Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War."
"Deep River" is available in hardcover, paperback and as an e-book. Karl suggests patronizing your local bookstore or Bookshop, an online store that supports independent booksellers.
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@70stunes71 Жыл бұрын

My father grew up in the logging industry also, and they were quite some days. No chainsaws and only the two men long saws operated by hand from both sides of the tree. Mauls and wedges, long saws buck saws, drop point axes, hatchets, camp cookware, etc are still here at my home. One of the long wood handled log hooks is bent in a long arc, from all the years of use. Many photographs of the steam engine running the Sawmill, along with some of the workers, still exist. In fact, in one of the last photographs of them together, the original logging crew was still running the sawmill up in their late 70s in age.. they were definitely men of iron. Always interesting reading about such things and the difficulties of our ancestors that came over from Europe. Hardy people that lived up into Old ages indeed

@vickicoles1358 3 жыл бұрын

I read "Deep River" shortly after it was published in 2019...it was like hearing the tales of my Mother and Grandparents again. (I only wish they were still alive so we could discuss.) My Great-grandmother (my Mother's Grandmother) emigrated from Finland directly to Astoria in the late 1800s. Grandmother was born in Astoria in 1899. My Grandfather logged in the hills southeast of Astoria in Oregon and my Mother was born in a logging camp in those hills. I have recently purchased the book and plan on reading it again with a pile of "post-it" notes to mark the similarities between the Koski family experience and that of the Huhtala/Jahlstrom/Hill (formerly Ilmarinen) clan. Thank you Karl Marlantes and Finlandia Foundation. P.S. Ms. Perkiomaki SO resembles me at that age - hair/cheekbones/et al. ;)

@FinlandiaFoundationNational 3 жыл бұрын

You truly do have a connection to Deep River! Gives me chills reading your story.

@janeely7985 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much FFN for this interview of Karl Marlantes! I especially enjoyed the pictures shared of life during those years. I also enjoyed the author's discussion of the women's work and its importance. I noticed right after the author was talking about details of meal preparation, the pictures of women carding, spinning and knitting (23:20), done I imagine when they had a few extra minutes. Another comment, there was one picture that tells us this logging camp had some live music to dance to, probably very important to these hard working women and men.

@FinlandiaFoundationNational 3 жыл бұрын

He's right when he said no one today could do the work that those folks did!

@kareno4490 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Marlantes for another tremendous book!

@jasonhighland7596 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding! Thank you!

@ClairVillano 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely superb! the photos, the author’s readings, the historical background! The half hour spent was the happiest half hour of my day! I loved the book, but didn’t always understand the logistics of logging....the photos illustrated that. Yes, with Karl, I, too am super proud of my Finnish heritage! August Suomi (renamed Holm by employer) began his work in the USA in a logging camp in northern Minnesota.His wife Ain joined him in 1906....God bless them all!

@FinlandiaFoundationNational 3 жыл бұрын

It's an incredible dive into the life and work of that era and area. Sheds a whole new light on the immigrant experience. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

@sheilapacka 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this program! Karl Marlantes' reading and discussion of his novel Deep River strikes a chord. My Finnish grandparents immigrated to the United States around 1917. One grandfather, who settled in Minnesota, also worked in lumber camps. I enjoyed seeing these historic photographs in the video. The excerpts that Marlantes shared here reflect Finnish culture so well. I look forward to reading the book!

@FinlandiaFoundationNational 3 жыл бұрын

The photos really bring a nice dimension to it. Thanks for sharing!

@mrlittlegenius1 2 жыл бұрын

Currently reading it. A great insight into Finnish culture thus far.

@marywurzer1974 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Can’t wait to read book.

@FinlandiaFoundationNational 3 жыл бұрын

As I read it I kept thinking, wondering about the process of researching and putting together all of the details --- in addition to the plot line...just incredible.

@karlawebber9774 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed the novel Deep River a great deal! I kept thinking of my grandparents and I understand my grandmother a bit better after reading the book! My Finnish G-Grandparents were immigrants at the turn of the century and my grandmother was born in Deep River. Upon becoming a working age, she was a cook at the logging camp there. Her father, brothers, my grandfather(s), father, and all my uncles worked at the camp at the same time or over periods of years. I live near Deep River and Astoria on the Willapa River near the bay. My mother was born in Astoria (traveled via boat) and I also had relatives living there during the period which this novel represents. My grandmother taught me to make pie and I remember her telling me she would make anywhere from 25-75 pies per day using seasonally available fruit.

@FinlandiaFoundationNational 3 жыл бұрын

So you can truly relate to the story! Can you imagine how hard they worked, the men and the women?

@karlawebber9774 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes! The logging industry was a brutal business for everyone!

@karlawebber9774 3 жыл бұрын

My Paternal gramps was a whistle punk at age 10.

@1453zaphod 2 жыл бұрын

Karla, such a great book! I’m listening to it on Audible. My great grandparents were Swede-Finns who came to America to escape Russian oppression. Great-Grampa was forcibly drafted into the Russian Army with all the other young men of his village. He became a sergeant in the Czar’s Guards, and was the only man of the village to live to return. I have his uniform topcoat. This is Mike Sturgill, by the way!

@robertsnyder5149 2 жыл бұрын

Deep river holds a special place in my memories. The Deep river shop was a marshaling spot for all of us that worked for Crown Zee. We held safety meetings there, picked up boxes of grease tubes and oils needed for the big machinery we operated. I remember the logging trucks tethered to their electrical service boxes. Yes, I remember well the shop foreman , Ben who could take a 10 pound sledge hammer, bend it back and touch the tip of his nose. I worked with many Finns and Swedes and Tarheels who made up the logging crews. Men that were equal to the tasks before them. I love the authors writing about all these people and their lives. Well done "Deep River" and writer Karl.

@jylkka1 3 жыл бұрын

I loved the book as it brought back many memories of my growing up Rockport Massachusetts. Grandfathers on both sides worked in Stone Quarries. Grandfather Jacob Jylkka died in 1918 Flue.

@FinlandiaFoundationNational 3 жыл бұрын

Our ancestors really sacrificed and struggled. Are you a member of Cape Ann Finns?