Adelsverein

Adelsverein

Celia Hayes

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Editorial:
Watercress Press
Año de edición:
2011
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9780934955843

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The Adelsverein Trilogy, now combined in a single hardbound edition, is a saga of family and community loyalties, and the challenge of building a new life on the hostile frontier. They came from Germany to Texas in 1847, under the auspices of the 'Mainzer Adelsverein' - the society of noblemen of Mainz, who tried 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.

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