The Silver Mango Tree

by Jean Bothwell

Barbara Tennant, after graduating from a California University, reluctantly returns to her father's missionary home in Northern India. There she must face a man whom for years she has loathed because of the role he played in transplanting her family from the United States. En route she is ardently courted by a young Indian prince whom she nearly marries only to find that he already has one wife. And as she gradually recovers from the shock of that experience she discovers that the hatred she has felt for her "adversary" has, in truth, been love, a love which will resolve in marriage. An unusual locale and fascinating minor characters make this teen-age romance of more than ordinary interest. (Kirkus)

178 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1960

About the author

Jean Bothwell was a Nebraskan who spent many years as a Methodist missionary living and teaching history in India. A lover of history, she eventually settled in New York City and wrote over 50 books, many of them about the India she loved, other historical novels, and juvenile mysteries.