Twisting Trails is a unique young adult historical novel about two teenagers from different cultures who meet on the northwest frontier during the heyday of the fur trade (1831-1837). Their adventures weave through a cast of famous Minnesotans from that era. Alexander Whitney is a fictional Fort Snelling soldier who meets Seth Eastman, Henry Schoolcraft, Samuel and Gideon Pond, Henry Sibley, Joseph Nicollet, and Dred Scott.