Miss Dividends: A Novel

Miss Dividends is a late 19th-century novel by Archibald Clavering Gunter that explores themes of romance and social status against the contrasting backdrops of New York society and the American frontier. The story follows Captain Harry Storey Lawrence, who, after returning from a mining camp in Southern Utah, becomes infatuated with Erma Travenion, an heiress known as 'Miss Dividends.' Their relationship unfolds amidst the complexities of love, ambition, and societal expectations, highlighting the tensions between East and West in America during this era.