Gertrude Sanford Legendre was a woman whose adventurous life spanned the twentieth century. The daughter of a fabulously-wealthy New York industrialist, she wanted far more than the debut parties, suitable marriage, and life of moneyed leisure led by so many of her female peers. Instead, Gertie pursued shooting big game, mingled with the Fitzgeralds on the French Riviera, and married a man who shared her love of travel. Gertie's hunger for adventure took her from big-game hunting in Africa, the Far East, India, and Iran, to working for the first American spy agency, the OSS, leading to her capture, time as a prisoner, and eventual escape from the Germans. In her later life, she became seriously involved with wildlife and land conservation in South Carolina, seeking to establish her property there, Medway, as a safe haven for the fauna and flora of her home state. Full of adventure, intrigue, and family drama, Gertie is an armchair adventure not to be missed. Adult. Unrated.