A Paradise Called Texas

A Paradise Called Texas

A Paradise Called Texas

A Paradise Called Texas

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Overview

Searching for a better life, Mina, Papa, and Mama left their German fatherland aboard the brig Margaretha ,bound for Texas. They had been told it was the paradise of North America, but when Mina steps onto the desolate beach at Indian Point on a cold December day in 1845, she wants to go back to Germany and Opa's cozy house in the village of Wehrestedt. But go on they must. In spite of mama's tragic death, Mina and Papa push inland with the Kaufmann family to the Texas Hill Country. There Mina encounters an Indian chief and his young daughter, Amaya, whose help she needs when Papa falls ill. Based on her ancestors' immigration to Texas, Janice Shefelman tells of a journey into the wilderness that is filled with hardship, tragedy and adventure.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780890155066
Publisher: Wild Horse Media Group LLC
Publication date: 04/08/2013
Series: Texas Trilogy , #1
Pages: 136
Sales rank: 310,277
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.32(d)
Age Range: 9 - 12 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1A Stranger in the Village1
Chapter 2A Decision6
Chapter 3Last Days in Germany13
Chapter 4The Storm20
Chapter 5The Long Passage27
Chapter 6Texas at Last32
Chapter 7A Lonely Coast40
Chapter 8Christmas on the Beach46
Chapter 9Mama Is Gone52
Chapter 10A Wagon and Oxen60
Chapter 11Better Days Will Come66
Chapter 12In Good Hands73
Chapter 13Night Visitor78
Chapter 14A Birthday Gift83
Chapter 15On to Fredericksburg93
Chapter 16The Cabin99
Chapter 17While Papa Is Away104
Chapter 18A Dream110
Chapter 19Lisette and the Shaman114
Chapter 20Indian Medicine119
Glossary of German Words126
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