"Literary biography is often dull fare, but not so this fascinating account."--Choice"With superb scholarship and narrative vigor born of love and restraint, Augusta Fink has given us--in a totally manageable length--the story of this American woman of genius. . . . I-Mary belongs on every library or personal bookshelf serving lovers of the west--and those anxious to come to a more complete understanding of what it has meant to be a creative woman in America."--Pacific Historian"The author has produced a first-rate biography of one of the West's fascinating literary figures."--Utah Historical Quarterly