This well researched biography of Oswald West brings to life the daring Oregon governor who tracked down criminals, closed down the lawless town of Copperfield, Oregon by pitting his diminutive private secretary Fern Hobbs against gun-toting saloon owners, saved the state's beaches from developers, and won women the right to vote.

Llewellyn Banks, the so-called dictator, tried to take over the Medford and Jackson County government in 1933. The chaos he created climaxed when he murdered the popular Medford Constable, George Prescott. This sensational trial was moved from Medford to Eugene, Oregon. It pitted the most respected lawyers in the state against each other. As the trial unfolds, so does the story of the Jackson County Rebellion.