It had been quiet along the Santa Fe Trail for more than a year when the Stokes Company set out for California, the Willis family among them. A reluctant traveler, young Grace Willis longs for her fortunate, safe, and comfortable life at home. Just a...
When their father is critically wounded in World War II, the four Harrison children take the famous Santa Fe Chief to stay with an uncle in California. Worried about their father and less than enthusiastic about a summer with their boring uncle, t...
Sid Johnson's parents claim they don't know anything about a slave stealer that slave holders call the Phantom. But when Sid discovers that their Southern Illinois farm is a stop on the Underground Railroad, he isn't so sure Ma and Pa are telling him...
Hidden among Sid Johnson's most treasured possessions is a letter he promised to take to Santa Fe. Is the letter a family history as he's been told or the key to a long-forgotten Spanish treasure? Why is its code name Esteban's Cross? All Sid knows i...