Remember that Pacific Northwest Author Janet Oakley will be visiting Neill Public Library tonight at 6:30pm in the Hecht Meeting Room. This event is free and open to the public!
Janet will talk about her book Tree Soldier, which is set in a government forestry camp set deep in the mountainous forests of the
Pacific Northwest in 1935. Park Hardesty hopes to find redemption there: blaming himself for the
fiery accident that caused his brother's disfigurement and the death of
the bootlegging woman he loved, planting trees, building bridges and
mentoring tough, homesick New Jersey boys brings him both penitence and
the renewal of his own self-worth. When he wins the love of Kate Alford,
a local naturalist who envisions joining the Forest Service, which
allows only men, he also captures the ire of a camp officer who refuses
to let her go. Just when he is ready to seek his brother's forgiveness,
he is falsely accused. Every aspect of his life he has tried to
rebuild is put in jeopardy. In the end, the only way he can defend
himself is to tell the truth about his brother, but he risks being
kicked out of the camp. Worse, he could lose Kate's love forever
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