Marah Ellis Ryan

The Treasure Trail (Wild West Adventure Classic) Marah Ellis Ryan

The Treasure Trail: A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine is a western adventure novel and it tells the story of a group of desperate cowboys trying to get their hands on the infamous "red gold" of El Alisal. The trail takes them to Mexico where they encounter meny perilous adventures. Marah Ellis Ryan (1860-1934) was an author, actress, and activist from the United States. She was noted as an authority on the tribal life of the Indians in the United States and Mexico and went to live with the Hopi tribe becoming the only white female to be ever admitted to their secret religious rites. As a young woman she wrote poems and stories under the pen-name of "Ellis Martin."