It's May of 1885, and Nora Beth Douglas is looking forward to spending her summer helping out on the family ranch and roaming the Colorado plains. But an invitation to visit her Eastern relatives at their cottage on Nantucket Island derails her plans. Although Nora Beth pleads to be allowed to stay home, her mother, determined to see her rambunctious tomboy transformed into a proper lady, insists that she go. Western independence and Eastern sophistication...