Peggy Mitchell grows up in Jonesborough, Tennessee during the tumultuous first twenty years of the nation's existence. Though haunted by memories of war, she matures into a strong, independent young woman who is courted by Andrew Jackson and who has a freed slave as her best friend. She takes on renegade Indians, highwaymen, and the hardships of an untamed land.
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