Under a Copper Moon: The Adventures of a Mail-order Bride in Jerome Arizona Territory 1894

At the beginning of the twentieth century the New York Post branded Jerome Arizona the Wickedest Town in America. From mine explosions rowdy men and enterprising prostitutes to Chinese slavery opium dens and a lonely sheriff a young girl fights her way to independence and respect. Its 1894 and a young woman finds herself alone and hopeless after her mother dies then she discovers adventure in a newspaper ad. After a long train ride across the country Inez meets her future husband Josiah who paid for her trip to the mining town of Jerome in the Arizona Territory. Before the wedding she boards with Sam and Lottie Josiahs friends. Being a true Victorian age woman Lottie decides to mold Inez into the perfect lady. The cooper mining town of Jerome is booming. Inez has never encountered so many different types of people some more mysterious than others. Her inquisitiveness may get the best of her. As circumstances twist turn and buckle Inez discovers another side of the town: elegant parlor houses the mysterious Navajo Onalee Mr. Zhen and his Chinese laundry girls the towns handsome sheriff and a new best friend Pearl who fancies striped stockings and a sip or two of wine. UNDER A COPPER MOON is a story of grit daring perseverance and a splash of Lady Marmalade in the late Victorian era when men were strong and women were supposed to be coy and quiet. But no one could convince Inez of that.