In rainy pioneer San Francisco, a group of gentlemen take on the guardianship of a little girl and her property. Years later their ward is one of the richest landed heiresses on the Pacific Slope, and as she comes of age the mystery of her parentage, the claims of her past and the devotion of her guardians come together in a tale of the city’s early days.
Harte’s evocative portrait of San Francisco as it grew from mud streets into a city. Download the free EPUB.