The history of California in the mid-19th century comes alive in this captivating historical fiction novel. Garnet cameron, a fashionable young lady of New York, is leading a neat, proper life, full of elegant parties an...The history of California in the mid-19th century comes alive in this captivating historical fiction novel. Garnet cameron, a fashionable young lady of New York, is leading a neat, proper life, full of elegant parties and polite young men, yet the prospect of actually marrying any of them appalls her.