Squaw Peak Diaries - Paperback

by Brenda G. Faber (Author), Lewis J. Faber (Author)

It is the summer of 1944 and the United States is still at war in both Europe and Japan. Most adults are in military service and the US Forest Service is looking for additional seasonal workers. Teenagers are encouraged to apply. Young Lew Faber, barely 17, is eager for adventure. He answers the call for volunteers and finds himself aboard a train headed for the wilds of northwestern Montana. Once there, he prepares to live alone at the top of a mountain in a small cabin for three months, spotting forest fires and collecting memories. Seventy years later he returns to his mountain peak accompanied by his three sons and daughter-in-law. The return trip surprises even him, with twists and turns that he could never have imagined.

Author Biography

Lewis Faber was born May 9, 1927 at the family farm in Jamestown, Michigan. His parents lost the farm during the Great Depression that same year, and moved to Grand Rapids. One year after his summer at Squaw Peak, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as a weather observer in Puerto Rico. After graduating from Michigan State College in 1951 he was called back into the military where he served as an officer in the Army Military Police and later worked as a criminal investigator during the Korean War. After final release from military service, Lew worked for the Michigan Department of Corrections as a Probation Officer, and later as a Prison Camp Supervisor. Lew and his wife Marjorie are the parents of four adult children. Now retired, they live with their little dog Gracie in Cadillac, Michigan. Brenda Faber was born in Asheville, North Carolina. She graduated from Mars Hill University with a degree in mathematics and from North Carolina State University with an advanced degree in Electrical Engineering. She worked as a robotics engineer for IBM and later started a consulting business with her husband Jim in Loveland, Colorado. As part of their consulting business, Brenda and Jim worked with organizations such as The Trust for Public Land and the US Forest Service to develop computer mapping software tools. Brenda and Jim have two grown sons, Charles and Nate. They are recently retired, and are enjoying exploring the country with their dog Libby.