The story of a boy from a small New England town, aviator in World War I, then newspaper man, play doctor, movie script rewriter. The story of his married life, his work, his worries, his search for security, his attempt to adjust himself to changing times and environment. It is the story of some good Americans who didn't want to face the probability of total war in the twenty months before Pearl Harbor. Made into the 1941 King Vidor film featuring Hedy Lamarr and Robert Young.
