Anya Seton’s *Foxfire *makes the desert Southwest of the Great Depression come alive in all its rich strangeness and passion-filled glory.
Amanda Lawrence, a charming, sheltered New York socialite, falls in love with Jonathan Dartland, a part-Apache mining engineer who belongs to the vastness of the Arizona desert. Amanda responds to his strength and self-reliance, but has nothing and nobody to guide her when she follows him to the grim town of Lodestone.
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“Not many authors succeed so well as Mrs. Seton in combining adventure and romance in a modern setting. Above all it is the driving and relentless pursuit of a treasure which keeps the people and the episodes at pitch throughout.” — *Library Journal***
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### Review
"Not many authors succeed so well as Mrs. Seton in combining adventure and romance in a modern setting. Above all it is the driving and relentless pursuit of a treasure which keeps the people and the episodes at pitch throughout." —*Library Journal*
"A beautiful evocation of the Southwestern landscape and Native American culture and a great adventure story." —*Historical Novels Review*
### About the Author
ANYA SETON (1904–1990) was the author of many best-selling historical novels, including *Katherine, Avalon, Dragonwyck, Devil Water,* and *Foxfire*. She lived in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Anya Seton’s *Foxfire *makes the desert Southwest of the Great Depression come alive in all its rich strangeness and passion-filled glory. Amanda Lawrence, a charming, sheltered New York socialite, falls in love with Jonathan Dartland, a part-Apache mining engineer who belongs to the vastness of the Arizona desert. Amanda responds to his strength and self-reliance, but has nothing and nobody to guide her when she follows him to the grim town of Lodestone. ** “Not many authors succeed so well as Mrs. Seton in combining adventure and romance in a modern setting. Above all it is the driving and relentless pursuit of a treasure which keeps the people and the episodes at pitch throughout.” — *Library Journal*** ** ### Review "Not many authors succeed so well as Mrs. Seton in combining adventure and romance in a modern setting. Above all it is the driving and relentless pursuit of a treasure which keeps the people and the episodes at pitch throughout." —*Library Journal* "A beautiful evocation of the Southwestern landscape and Native American culture and a great adventure story." —*Historical Novels Review* ### About the Author ANYA SETON (1904–1990) was the author of many best-selling historical novels, including *Katherine, Avalon, Dragonwyck, Devil Water,* and *Foxfire*. She lived in Greenwich, Connecticut.