Excellent old fashioned boxing tale. Most of the story focuses on a veteran returning from the war in the Pacific, haunted by his memories, and the battle of a small mining town against the mean vicious mine owner. It doesn't matter if everyone from the mine owner to the crack reporter fits what you think their role in the story was going to be, the writing is so good that the story still shines. It all culminates in, of course, a boxing match. Good stuff! ( )