The Ginger Jar is a collection of heartwarming, humorous essays drawn from the author's life on a ranch in a remote corner of Wyoming. It is filled with stories that bring laughter and reverence to everyday things -- the spice of life....
CARRIE Sixteen-year old Carrie Miller is heading west with the promise that she will soon return home to St. Louis -- and to the handsome, prosperous man who has proposed marriage... Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory--1878 Carrie has come to act as midwif...
In 1869, Amanda Chappell returns to the Wyoming Territory to take up a teaching position, and she becomes involved in the controversy over women having the right to vote while trying to cope with her feelings for Thomas Lewellen...