New Introduction, annotations, editing by Linda Pendleton. A young football hero and son of a rich Eastern land owner, moves West in hopes of using his skills to cut and market lumber in an economical way, and while doing so, is able to enrich his education and conservational interests while working with the Forest Service. Before long he observes the methods used by land-grabbers, power-grabbers, and dishonest officials who are aiding and abetting them. He faces many challenges and dangers, including the dangers of logging, falls in love, all the while working toward his goals. In his novels, Stewart Edward White mixes the beauty of nature and conservation with suspense and danger and he did so in this story as there is logging, fighting, gun-play, kidnapping, murder, and romance. Excerpt:The day was beautiful, but the sun breaking through the skin of last night's freezing, softened the ground until the going was literally ankle-deep in slush. Welton, despite his weight, tramped along cheerfully in the apparently careless indifference of the skilled woods walker. Bob followed, but he used more energy. He was infinitely the older man's superior in muscle and endurance, yet he realized, with respect and admiration, that in a long or difficult day's tramp through the woods Welton would probably hold him, step for step.The road wound and changed direction entirely according to expedient. It was a "tote road" merely, cutting across these barrens by the directest possible route. Deep mire holes, roots of trees, an infrequent boulder, puddles and cruel ruts diversified the way. Occasional teeth-rattling stretches of "corduroy" led through a swamp."I don't see how a team can haul a load over this!" Bob voiced his marvel, after a time."It don't," said Welton. "The supplies are all hauled while the ground is frozen. A man goes by hand now."In Linda Pendleton’s new Introduction we learn who Stewart Edward White was and the legacy he left of his many fiction and nonfiction books following his death in 1946. An explorer, conservationist, naturalist, and big game hunter, his love for nature, conservation, and adventure were to become very much a part of his literary works over his long literary career. Several of his nonfiction works are classics in the exploration of the paranormal and communication from the spirit world. He wrote with passion, whether about the adventures beyond the veil or about adventures in nature and the earthly frontier. Linda Pendleton is author of nonfiction and fiction books, comics, and ecourses. She is coauthor of the popular nonfiction book, To Dance With Angels written with her husband, Don Pendleton. Don and Linda also wrote the nonfiction, Whispers From the Soul, and the crime novel, Roulette. Linda's fiction includes Shattered Lens: Catherine Winter, Private Eye, and The Dawning. Linda is a member of the Authors Guild Inc. and Authors Foundation.
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