Edith Webster: 3 books

Samuel Trace, broken and bitter at the end of Americas North-South conflict, returned home to Philadelphia much changed and now a solemn, distant young man unable to settle into his futurethat is, until treachery by Zeke Tuning gave Sam the reason and opportunity to run away from facing his demons....

Lora Fitzgerald gets word from her parents attorney, Mason Kile, that she must cross the Oregon territory and return home. While Kile is reluctant to send for Lora, he sees no other way: He is only seeking to fulfill the last will and testament of the Fitzgeralds. Good intentions wont...

Abigail Hastings, Lora Fitzgerald, and David Houston are orphans, two now in their late teens, having been taken as children to the Dearling Ranch, in Eastern Oregon, in different seasons, by attorney Mason Kile. When one of the kitchen help, a local farm girl, disappears, and the foreman watches...