Forced to abandon his dream of graduating from the University of Missouri because of his father's death, a young man from Price, Utah is faced with the task of saving the family's debt-ridden newspaper as the Great Depression worsens. He is shaken by finding out the truth behind his father's death and is challenged by the rival newspaper in a town that cannot support two weekly papers.

Complicating his life is his desire to convince his university sweetheart of his undying love...one she is not sure she shares. Can true love blossom through letters alone? Will his love for her overcome the miles separating them or is the distance more that a temporary obstacle?

Life in a small town at the beginning of the Great Depression is described through letters and newspaper articles in this second of three books of love and tragedy.