Friday, August 23, 2013

Lone Star Trail by Darlene Franklin

 

Texas Trails * Lone Star Trail ~ ~ ~ A Morgan Family Series
by Darlene Franklin

Oh my goodness - - >  Good!  Ms. Franklin can bring her characters, the land, the historical time to life for her readers.  Excellent writing.  The story is about a 26 year old rancher Jud Morgan in 1845 in Victoria, Texas whom was prejudice against all the immigrants flooding to Texas since he had lost his father during the fight for Texas independence.  At this time, the Germans specifically were migrating to New Braunfels, Texas via Victoria.   Like the Fleischer family.  The Fleischers lost a child after the sea voyage, lost their wagon to the Texas clay mud, lost another child to the cholera epidemic, lost their ranch and barns they had worked so hard to obtain to arson, their oldest daughter lost her fiancé to another woman he met on the sea voyage and yet, through all these hardships, their faith in God prevailed and provided for them.  They worked hard and grew to be an integral part of the Texas-born  and German population in Victoria.  The story is one of perseverance that deserves your time to read.

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