Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father’s inheritance, including a ferry franchise and…
After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette (“pronounced bis-on-ay”) decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family’s objections and the…
When she can’t support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she then searches for…