Mary E. Waller

Nathalie, an American translator of German literature, recounts a youthful infatuation with Friedrich von Ehrlingen, a German author and widower twenty years her senior, whom she comes to love through his letters to her.

Published by Little Brown and Company It is about two men and a boy . One of the men was a saddle-maker from the Turtle Mountain region just northof the Canadian border They meet each other while seeking shelter in a dugout. They become friendly with Indian tribes. They travelled together to the Red River region. It is mostly about life in the wilderness. The story takes place between Dakota and over the Canadian border. Mostly around the Souris Canadian River in Saskatchewan southeastand a curve into Dakota