To Build A Fire Three Skeleton Keys

A group of lighthouse keepers find themselves trapped in their tower when hungry ship rats swarm their station. Fear and hopelessness begin to tear the men apart as they fight for survival. Finally, a patrol boat shows up with a way to get rid of the rats in this gripping story by John Steinbeck.

John Steinbeck's vivid tale of a battle between lighthouse keepers and a swarm of ship rats. The men are trapped in their tower by the hungry horde, and their unity is soon strained by fear and despair. But at last a patrol boat arrives with the means to drive off the rats.