This swashbuckling adventure will win the hearts of Twain fans and readers of romance and adventure alike. Publishers Weekly Booklife Review August 1864 -- The nation is at war, Missouri languishes under martial law, and a once-peaceful river town throngs with soldiers, spies, and sedition. Caught in the middle is Becky Thatcher, a downtrodden, yet determined young woman who is desperate to protect her father from being...