When he wasn't falling trees, Ladysmith logger Gord Barney was chopping down camp bosses with his satirical cartoons.

The caricatures and small cartoon strips found a home on the cookhouse and camp office walls. The veteran logger's drawings earned him a reputation in logging camps along B.C.'s coastline. Quietly, Barney also scribbled down the stories co-workers would tell over a beer after a hard day in the bush.

"I thought these stories were going to get lost," Barney says.

After three years of sweat and labour, Barney finished typing out the old long-hand notes for his sixth book Camp Inspector: Tales of a B.C. Logger.

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