
The book start at the end of the Civil War and our heroine learns her husband won't be coming back from the war. She has a suitor who is very persistent enough to almost beat her to death to keep her. So in desperation she runs and keeps running to South America...

The book start at the end of the Civil War and our heroine learns her husband won't be coming back from the war. She has a suitor who is very persistent enough to almost beat her to death to keep her. So in desperation she runs and keeps running to South America. Along the...