Volume 2 is a 950 page work that also includes some illustrations, poetry and songs. It continues where volume one concluded, fulfilling the reader's wish to know what became of young Elizabeth.

Volume 2 opens with newly wedded Mary and her husband, Dr. Sawyer, returning from their honeymoon to discover Boston reeling from tragedy, and young Elizabeth bedridden and suffering.

Under Mary's care, Elizabeth regains her strength and grows up to become an engaging adolescent and later a respected woman of influence. Yet, in spite of her accomplishments, Elizabeth has failed to find what she disires most, a love to call her own.

In order to redefine herself, she leaves Boston and her career and sets out to find her long lost mentor, Christopher Claussen. Her travels take her across the wilds of the American western frontier. She both witnesses and suffers many hardships and these events further temper her spirit into one of grit, spit, and self-esteem