Scott Burton in the Blue Ridge

"Scott Burton in the Blue Ridge" by Edward G. Cheyney is about a forester named Scott Burton, who takes on a challenging job in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but his new role gets twisted when he walks into a heated rivalry between the Morgans and Waits families. Scott has to figure how to get his job done while avoiding taking sides in their drama. When he shows up in Caspar, tension is thick, and he gets warned that anything he does could make things worse. Along the way, he meets people who represent the core issues, like Sanders who tells him the history of the feud and Vic Morgan who is strong and dreams of going beyond the family's deep hatred. As Scott gets more connected into the town, he is determined to calming the town’s struggle as he does what he was hired to do.