Sixteen-year-old jane peck has ventured to the unknown wilds of the northwest to wed her childhood idol, william baldt. But her impeccable training at Miss Hepplewhite's young ladies academy in philadelphia is hardly pre...Sixteen-year-old jane peck has ventured to the unknown wilds of the northwest to wed her childhood idol, william baldt. But her impeccable training at Miss Hepplewhite's young ladies academy in philadelphia is hardly preparation for the colorful characters and crude life that await her in Washington territory.