The novel alternates between Jaimie describing his journey by wagon train with commentary by his father, a Scottish doctor with an effervescent personality whose judgment is often clouded by his weakness for gambling and strong drink.The novel contains, in graphic detail, some intense Native American customs, especially rite of passage.
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