In this humorous tale of mischief on
the American frontier, Caroline Kirkland creates a
love triangle involving a restless East-coast sophisticate
visiting rural relatives, a wholesome country girl,
and a stuffy schoolmaster. The hijinks begin with
a delightful series of forged letters; as the intrigue
escalates, the cultural tensions of city versus country
in nineteenth-century America are laid bare, and a
city-girl's vanity promises to topple the reputation
of a country schoolmaster unless the truth is exposed.
