DON POLLY. Ethan Maguire. Create Space. Paperback, 435 pages, $15, amazon.com.
The book covers a time period of 1849 – 1870. In 1868, Ethan Maguire, a young man obsessed with gold fever begins a journey from Massachusetts to the gold fields of California. Woefully inexperienced, he learns the hard way about the trials of crossing the wild frontier. Ethan comes across a Comanche girl named Sus-ke’-an-ta. She is in a terrible situation. He rescues her and together they continue west, overcoming many adversities in the quest for riches.