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" a young woman going West in the U.S. on a wagon train suffers the sudden death of her husband and must end for herself. She encounters a number of characters in quest to keep traveling west, becomes baker to pay for her keep, is burned out in a great fire, finally marries someone reliable who has been in her group of friends a long time and turns out to be rich from the Gold Rush. His memorable name is "Pockets". I so want to read this book gain."