This novel is partly based on the true story of the Thorson brothers who came to America in the mid-1800's and their struggle to build the largest timber empire in America. The story unfolds as they fight their way across the country and deal with Indians who want to help them, loggers who want to kill them, natural disasters that almost destroy them, and the women who want to love them.....Times, dates, names, and places have been changed to protect...