The war in Europe is over, and Grace Harlowe and her friends from the Overton Unit are looking for their next adventure. They've survived the battlefields together. Now they want to see the American West. What follows is good old-fashioned adventure: horseback riding through Arizona, old stagecoaches, desert nights under stars, and bandits who threaten to derail their expedition. Grace is capable, her friends are loyal, and the Old Apache Trail stretches before them full of possibility and danger in equal measure. This isn't high literature. It's the kind of book that was beloved by young readers a century ago, full of friendship, courage, and the romance of the open road. For readers who enjoy early 20th-century adventure fiction, or who are curious about how American girls were imagined in that era, it's a pleasant, undemanding ride.
