Marilyn Meredith

Trail to Glory Marilyn Meredith

Based on the author's family stories, three generations of dauntless women follow their hearts across the western plains. 1858 - Mary, the gentle eastern schoolteacher, loses her heart to a handsome trapper. They overcome the hardships of frontier life in Wisconsin to establish a family dynasty. 1880 - Wilhelmina, Mary's flame-haired daughter, kidnapped as a child by Indians, is renamed "Indian Paintbrush." She marries Taihinco, a Menominee brave, who teaches her the meaning of unbridled passion. 1908 - Desdemona Diana, nicknamed "Minnie," the fiercely independent daughter of Wilhelmina's older sister, defies family and convention to wed the man of her choice. They journey to Southern California to make a new life, where she founds a dynasty of her own. Also published as an ebook with the title "Indian Paintbrush."