Girl of the Manzanos
Mardee's father Ben had built an empire deep in New Mexico
Territory. He could look around him with satisfaction at his stockpiles
of lumber, herds of fat cattle, patures of sleek and feisty racehorses,
and a happy growing family.
But Mardee's turquoise eyes were searching eagerly past the narrow borders of their mountain home.
She
soon becomes interpreter for her father as he presides over statehood
meetings. And she meets Jeff Corbin, a young ambitious lawyer from
Socorro, and her tempestuous heart is set on fire.
Then
when New Mexico becomes a state in 1912, Jeff goes to work for the new
govenor in Santa Fe and promises to help Mardee get a job in the same
office.
This is more than the young girl can resist. She
leaves her family and the gentle half-Mexican boy, Frankie Moseby, who
has already loved her.
What will be her fate among the strong political forces at work in this frontier town?
Will she make her mark on this wild new state? And what about Jeff Corbin?
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