{"product_id":"9780934955843","title":"Adelsverein","description":"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.\u003cp\u003eChristian \"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdelsverein: It's about love and loss, joy and grief . . . and the sometimes wrenching process of becoming American.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Watercress Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023870476528,"sku":"9780934955843","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780934955843_p0.jpg?v=1763855753","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780934955843","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}