'A Waif of the Plains' is a novel that follows Clarence, an orphan traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1850s, as he faces dangerous adventures and unexpected allies in Bret Harte's action-packed Western novel. Separated from his wagon train and lost on the Great Plains with his friend Susie, Clarence finds an unlikely friend in the notorious outlaw Flynn. But danger and violence are never far behind on the Westward Trail, and Clarence must summon all his courage to survive the journey.