Arizona Author:Clarence Budington Kelland Phoebe Titus and her old father, on their way from Illinois to gold in California, are forced to break their long trek because of the father's health. They stop at a small but tough collection of board shanties in the middle of nothing, called Tucson, and Phoebe never leaves. This is her story, and the story of the birth-pains and adventures of ... more »Arizona. Phoebe, broke, her dying father on her hands and no assets, bakes pies to sell the eager Tucsonians at a dollar apiece. From the making of pies, Phoebe extends her activities to freighting and mining- hazardous occupations for a woman. Then the Civil War comes, bringing Peter Muncie into Phoebe's life. Their romance, as strange as the circumstances of its setting, gives piquant flavor to as colorful and exciting a story as Mr. Kelland has written.« less