Is Norah Berg who, with her husband the Old Sarge, found a new life of contentment and adventure far from the civilization they eagerly left behind. Norah learned many things from the beach - about the weather, with moods of tranquility and tempest she had never known before, about the sand and its tide-borne treasures and, above all, about the fascinating people who took their living from a strip of land beside the sea.

Is on the coast of Washington State, miles of it, looking westward over the Pacific Ocean. Its oldest and most noted resident is the razor clam, a citizen of the beach from time immemorial and a delicacy prized by the Indians long before white men came to know and appreciate it. Comparative newcomers are the beachcombers who take an annual harvest from the sea and sands. Among them were Norah and Old Sarge Berg. This is their story.