Book Synopsis
The cluster of buildings that was MacKensie sat in a cleared patch of forest all hemmed about by ridges. The Fourth of July loomed, and so did the outcome of a bet between two of MacKensie's rather iconoclastic citizens. Joe Murchison and Willard Crenshaw have feuded for weeks. Now Murchison has to climb Grants Mountain by the Fourth or leave town. If he wins the bet, Crenshaw is out: lock, stock, and barrel. The outcome turns on a sudden change in the weather and an equaling surprising change of heart.