Bitterroot Author:Stephen E. McDonald In Bitterroot, a long time veteran of the U.S. Forest Service takes you on a whopping good romp through the Pacific Northwest. Be prepared to meet unforgettable characters aplenty, as yellow gold turns good people into killers, then to gentry. First, travel with Chinese laborers across the stormy Pacific and with wild miners and tough trail bos... more »ses into the Idaho wilds of the 1860s. Carouse and grub for gold with them. Rioting laborers cause desperate men to cache precious gold. A buried treasure lies in the deep woods, waiting. Then pin on the pine tree shield of the U.S. Forest Service and join the thin green line managing and protecting public forests in the 1960s. Meet a young, frustrated, forester who stumbles upon a huge golden treasure. Betrayed, he pays for the discovery with his life. A beautiful young woman steals the treasure runs for her life. In the 1980s, live among the Hudson Valley gentry, where a respected wifes idyllic life is shockingly churned into violent turmoil by a chance encounter with an old Forest Service associate. Aware that the murderess is alive, the son of the long-dead forester must weigh revenge against mercy. With his fathers old friends help, he produces a surprising triumph for justice and the human spirit. If you like exciting historical adventures, with just enough facts and real places to ring true, read Bitterroot. The trip is worth it!« less