false 5270501 1 From the Old World to the New, they came to the to the far Texas frontier, bringing their their hopes and their children ... and a will to survive! <P>Adelsverein: The Gathering is Volume 1 of the Adelsverein Trilogy, a saga of family and community loyalties, and the challenge of building a new life on the hostile frontier. <P>They have come from Germany to Texas in 1847, under the auspices of the "Mainzer Adelsverein" - the society of noblemen of Mainz, who seek to fill a settlement in Texas with German farmers and craftsmen. <P>Among them is a family who will survive and endure, making their mark in Texas, their new land. Christian "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. There are the twin boys, Friedrich and Johann, who will take different paths, but never forget they are brothers. <P>Adelsverein: the Gathering--It's about love and loss, joy and grief... and the sometimes wrenching process of becoming American. 5337876 1 12 2008 Adelsverein the Gathering - Book One of The Adelsverein Trilogy total:1|5:1| 1 5 2 0 5 0 false false Sat Mar 21 07:01:01 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 07:01:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 26 19:53:51 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 19:53:51 -0700 2008