(price-clipped) [solid copy, shelfwear to bottom edge, dust-darkening to top edge; jacket moderately soiled, some minor chipping along bottom edge]. Early novel (their second) by this writing duo, better known for their later work in the mystery genre. This one is a "rip-roaring action story -- a dramatic novel of wartime logging in the rugged setting of the Pacific Northwest -- where great stands of spruce are vital sources of supply for airplane construction." The protagonist, the head of a logging company, has a government contract, but no end of problems: worn and inadequate equipment, labor troubles, blackmail threats, a murder charge, and (of course) a dame, "Sara Bishop, as coolly stubborn as she is beautiful, [who] is out to break him."

Logging Lumber Industry Pacific Northwest Romance Home Front World War II