Kirjahaku

Thomas Craighead, the first child of Scottish immigrants born in the New World, falls in love with Sophrona Hackett of Baltimore Town. Thomas, though, refuses marriage in her father's church. While he accompanies his father to Fort Cumberland, hauling for King George, her father instigates a replacement.Would they fight so hard to wed, knowing the road to happiness takes them far from home and the ones they love? As Sophrona searches for relief from their dead babies buried in the family graveyard, a child will elude them until her encounter with Thomas' God Almighty.This son joins the Revolutionary War, leaving them to wonder if he will survive. Set during the turbulent years of the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, this novel follows a young couple as they establish a new home and family during violent, unsettled times in a distant land.

Starlyn Craighead comes home to Virginia after fighting in the revolutionary war, where his cousin Andrew is wounded when they defeat the British at the battle of Cowpens.He must now fight a worthy opponent for the woman he loves. The men of their community, and the 'Old Wagoner', General Morgan, gather around to see who wins the right to pursue Rebecca Thompson."It were a bloody fight, it were. I even put me money on Woodson but that Craighead would not quit. He just got back up and came at Woodson again," says one man.Freedom from Britain opened up the west and over the hills the settlers swarmed. His father Thomas's freighting business grew. Starlyn borrowed on a note from Father, built close by, adding a freighting shed to handle their growing business. His acreage yielded good cash crops, providing plenty for their growing family.Throughout their lives his brother Jack held resentment toward Starlyn. Now circumstances have arisen where Starlyn must trust Jack with all he treasures. Will Brother Jack keep his promise to Starlyn?