When Rosie McGlowery accompanied her preacher father on the great trek to Oregon, she little suspected that she was destined to share the notoriety of female outlaws such as Belle Starr, Pearl Hart, Cattle Annie and Little Britches. Once tragedy had befallen her and she met the unscrupulous Brack and Elam Zook, she was drawn into a man’s world filled with gunfire, robbery, savage Indians and all-consuming lust. Her only guidance was the remembered teachings of her father and the sorely stretched sanctity of her wedding vows. In the courtroom at Fort Boone she would gaze into the stony face of hanging judge Isaac Morrow, praying for mercy but finding none.