The Adventures of Elizabeth Fortune

In 1870, Elizabeth Fortune is more spunky than most young women, but those attributes are often a cover for the despair she feels at being without family. Her white mother died when she was five, and her black-Indian father is in the Southwest with the Ninth Cavalry. Then Elizabeth's maternal grandfather disowns her, and she is forced to quit her college studies.

She heads West to fine her father, certain that when she does, her life will stop its rough tumble.

But her trip produces a variety of hardships,brought on by lack of funds and an outlaw gang that is hunting for her. Along the Santa Fe Trail, she has adventures, misadventures, and a bit of romance. But will she survive?