After their parents die in a tragic drowning accident, the five orphaned Monroe siblings struggle to make a life for themselves in the Wyoming Territory of the 1870's. First up: they encounter a Native American whom they name Jim and the youngest Monroe, Amy, comes down with a fever.
Things keep going from awful to good grief for the Monroe siblings in this one. First a tornado ravages their cabin and then Clayt and Fennimore get trapped in a mine while searching for food. Plus there's a bear trapped in the mine with them.
In a nearly deserted town called Paradox, the Monroes celebrate Clayt's birthday with an odd trio: a pretty schoolmarm, a circus dwarf, and a gigantic strongman.
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