the loggers were obliged to plant as many trees as they cut down
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Train Dreams stars Edgerton as Robert Grainier, a logger in the Pacific Northwest who seeks to balance caring for his family amid pursuing a living on the burgeoning railroad system.—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025 Based on Denis Johnson’s beloved novella, Train Dreams is the portrait of Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly changing America of the early 20th Century.—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025 In a town of loggers, hippies, and students, Denise’s father was a doctor.—Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025 The film — which hails from director Clint Bentley, who also adapted it with Greg Kwedar from Denis Johnson's 2011 novella of the same name — follows the life of a logger named Robert Grainier (Edgerton), who works to install railroads across the continental United States in the early to mid-1900s.—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for logger
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