Vanguards of the Plains A Romance of the Old Santa Fe Trail

Vanguards of the Plains is a historical romance novel by Margaret Hill McCarter. The story is set in the late 1800s and follows the adventures of a group of pioneers who travel along the Old Santa Fe Trail in search of a new life. The main characters are a young couple, John and Mary, who are in love and determined to build a new home in the Wild West. Along the way, they encounter a variety of challenges, including hostile Native American tribes, harsh weather conditions, and dangerous bandits. As they navigate these obstacles, John and Mary must rely on their courage, determination, and love for each other to survive. The novel is a thrilling and heartwarming tale of adventure, romance, and the indomitable spirit of the American pioneers.1917. The novel begins: It might have been but yesterday that I saw it all: the glinting sunlight on the yellow Missouri boiling endlessly along at the foot of the bluff; the flood-washed sands across the river; the tangle of tall, coarse weeds fringing them, edged by the scrubby underbrush. And beyond that the big trees of Missouri woodland, so level against the eastern horizon that I used to wonder if I might not walk upon their solid-looking tops if I could only reach them. I wondered, too, why the trees on our side of the river should vary so in height when those in the eastern distance were so evenly grown. One day I had asked Jondo the reason for this, and had learned that it was because of the level ground on the farther side of the valley. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.