Review: Wonderful
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2013
Historically accurate and a wonderful romance to boot!  I Ives Kent and Della both so different and yet so alike in their morals and life goals,  Della, a poor immigrant god miners daughter was so resourceful her career began when she was 13 She and her -2 year d sister scavenged gold mining picks and pans and refurbished them then sold them back to the miners . That fed her mother and sister and herself, she got into trouble when she moved to San Francisco and attempted to sell patent medicine. She was running for her life when she made it on board the Sonora ( a real ship) bound for Panama. That's where she met Kent of the "New York Bradford's" They fell in love and pretended to be married. They became friends of some very prominent people. There were ruthless people on board also, just waiting to expose her. The ship docked in Panama and they boarded another which was caught in a atom and sunk. ( this is true) the year, I believe was 1848. I wept for the passengers and heroic men when the ship went down with Kent on it, but wait! Did he perish?  Excellent storytelling. Highly recommended 5 stars.