The saga of the Estrada family is traced from their arrival as settlers of the Sonoma Valley, through the Mexican War and the San Francisco Gold Rush, to the onset of World War II
Catherine Gavin was born in 1907 in Aberdeen and educated at Albyn Place School and Aberdeen University. She lectured for a time in the History Department and then became a War Correspondent with Kemsley newspapers. She wrote mainly historical fiction, dramatising such events as the Russian Revolution and the battle of Jutland.