Adelsverein - The Harvesting
The Adelsverein Trilogy, #3
Reeks: The Adelsverein Trilogy
Celia Hayes
- From
- the
- Old
- World
- to
- the
- New!The
- frontier
- would
- challenge
- them.
- Brutal
- war
- would
- test
- them,
- in
- a
- crucible
- of
- fire.
- But
- they
- would
- endure
- and
- build.
- They
- would
- prosper
- and
- in
- the
- end
- …
- They
- wouldbecome
- Americans.The
- Adelsverein
- Trilogy
- is
- a
- saga
- of
- family
- and
- community
- loyalties,
- and
- the
- challenge
- of
- building
- a
- new
- life
- on
- the
- hostile
- frontier.
- They
- come
- from
- Germany
- to
- Texas
- in
- 1847,
- under
- the
- auspices
- of
- the
- "Mainzer
- Adelsverein"
- –
- the
- society
- of
- noblemen
- of
- Mainz,
- who
- seek
- to
- fill
- a
- settlement
- in
- Texas
- with
- German
- farmers
- and
- craftsmen.Christian
- "Vati"
- Steinmetz,
- the
- clockmaker
- of
- Ulm
- in
- Bavaria,
- has
- brought
- his
- sons
- and
- daughters:
- Magda
- –
- passionate
- and
- courageous,
- courted
- by
- Carl
- Becker,
- a
- young
- frontiersman
- with
- a
- dangerous
- past.
- Her
- sister
- Liesel
- wants
- nothing
- more
- than
- to
- be
- a
- good
- wife
- to
- her
- husband
- Hansi,
- a
- stolid
- and
- practical
- farmer
- called
- by
- circumstances
- to
- be
- something
- greater,
- in
- the
- boom
- years
- of
- the
- great
- cattle
- ranches.
- Their
- brothers
- Friedrich
- and
- Johann,
- have
- always
- been
- close
- —
- in
- the
- Civil
- War,
- one
- will
- wear
- Union
- blue,
- the
- other
- Confederate
- grey
- homespun
- —
- but
- never
- forget
- they
- are
- brothers.
- And
- finally,
- there
- is
- Vati's
- adopted
- daughter
- Rosalie,
- whose
- life
- ends
- as
- it
- began
- –
- in
- tragedy.
- But
- Vati's
- family
- will
- will
- survive
- and
- ultimately
- triumph.
- They
- will
- make
- their
- mark
- in
- Texas,
- their
- new
- land.Adelsverein
- —
- It's
- about
- love
- and
- loss,
- joy
- and
- grief
- .
- .
- .
- and
- the
- sometimes
- wrenching
- process
- of
- becoming American.
