$1.09 an hour and glad to have it..‪.‬

This spellbindingly authentic oral history of pulp and paper making, told by the people who lived it, paints a moving picture of work in Oregon heavy industry in the mid-20th Century. Their stories describe in detail their jobs—varied, physically challenging and often dangerous--from sorting logs on the wide Willamette River to tending the giant machines that produced paper for America's favorite magazines. They used trees from Willamette and Columbia Basin forests and the power of mighty Willamette Falls. Share the experiences, hopes, and regrets of these 17 men and women who spent decades at the West Linn Crown Zellerbach mill at a time when the Crown and Zee symbol dominated the west coast market in household paper products.