Isabella Bride of Ohio, American Mail Order Bride

Becoming a mail-order bride can be a dangerous thing for a woman to do.

Isabella, newly arrived in America from Sweden, first loses her parents after they arrive at Ellis Island and then loses her job at the factory in Massachusetts after it burns down. Nothing in America seems to last but she hopes her mail-order bride marriage to the wealthy Donald Jenks in Yellow Springs, Ohio will.

Donald's letters from Yellow Springs describe Isabella's dream home, with gardens, away from the city and Mr...