Resumen
Told in the voice of Nellie Courtright, a spunky, courageous, and appealing young woman, this epic novel takes readers back to the gun-slinging days of the Old West when the country was still new and untamed. When Nellie and her brother Jackson are orphaned by their fathers suicide, they make their way to the nearby town of Rita Blanca, where Jackson secures a job as deputy sheriff and Nellie, ever resourceful, becomes the towns telegrapher.<
