Amanda Lawrence a charming sheltered New York socialite fell in love withJonathan Dartland a partApache mining engineer who belonged to the vastnessof the Arizo... » 

Amanda Lawrence a charming sheltered New York socialite fell in love withJonathan Dartland a partApache mining engineer who belonged to the vastnessof the Arizona desert. Amanda responded to his strength and selfreliance buthad nothing and nobody to guide her when she followed him to the grim town ofLodestone. . . . Foxfire was the book Anya Seton completed immediately beforeembarking on her bestremembered book Katherine and it was soon made intoa successful Hollywood movie starring Jane Russell and Jeff Chandler. The bookdoes for the desert Southwest of the Great Depression what Katherine did forChaucers Englandmakes a forgotten age come alive in all its rich strangenessand passionfilled glory. «