A Vintage National Parks Novel
A man who can\'t read will never amount to anything - or so Nate Webber believes. But he takes a chance to help his family by signing up for the new Civilian Conservation Corps, skirting the truth about certain "requirements." Nate exchanges the Brooklyn streets for the wilds of Yellowstone National Park. Elsie Brookes takes a job teaching a crowd of rowdy men in the CCC camp, but when Elsie discovers Nate\'s secret, it puts his job as camp foreman in jeopardy. Tutoring leads to romance, until a string of suspicious fires casts a shadow over their relationship. Can they find answers before all their dreams go up in smoke?