The spirit of the pioneers runs strong in this moving story about the Czech emigration to Texas. Rozina and her young family struggle to escape unbearable oppression and religious discrimination against the Moravians in Czechoslovakia in 1855. Dangerous overland and sea travel face them in their quest for freedoms they can only imagine. And, once they arrive in Cat Spring, their search for peace and prosperity is not guaranteed as they are entangled in the confusions and dangers of the Civil War.
The spirit of the pioneers runs strong in this moving story about the Czech emigration to Texas. Rozina and her young family struggle to escape unbearable oppression and religious discrimination against the Moravians in Czechoslovakia in 1855. Dangerous overland and sea travel face them in their quest for freedoms they can only imagine. And, once they arrive in Cat Spring, their search for peace and prosperity is not guaranteed as they are entangled in the confusions and dangers of the Civil War.