The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming

High-spirited young Jane is excited to be part of Mr. Mercer s plan to bring Civil War widows and orphans to Washington Territory but life out west isn t at all what she expected. Washington Territory is just the place for men of broad mind and sturdy constitution and girls too, Jane figures, or Mr. Mercer wouldn t have allowed her to come on his expedition to bring unmarried girls and Civil War widows out west.