The World for Sale

"All the thrills, adventures, and wild romance that enter into the life of a budding empire are vividly portrayed in this story of the great Northwest and racial conflict."

The plot revolves around two rival towns in the Canadian Northwest, which are connected only by a bridge. Ingolby, a determined, idealistic engineer, is saved from destruction by the wild-eyed Fleda Druse, whose father is the local gypsy monarch.