Harriet's father headed out to participate in the gold rush, leaving behind his pregnant wife, two daughters and a son. Harriet's mom dies of childbirth fever a few weeks after the baby and she's at the mercy of the people in the fort. One is a family that wants to take her younger sister and brother, but not her and the bitchy wife's reasoning is basically because she's ugly.
Harriet disguises herself as a boy and goes along with a group of men (and one woman) to gold rush territory, so she can find her father.
It's a somewhat boring journey, but it is different than the other trips thanks to what Harriet goes through as a "boy." Thankfully, the book is pretty short and after many more adventures off the trail, Harriet is finally reunited with her dad. In the epilogue, he sails back to get the two younger children and everyone lives a pretty happy life.
I think this is a better trail book than some of the ones overly laden with drama and sorrow, but I'm just so tired of trails still!
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