£16.07
Arriving: 1909 - 1919
Book One of the Understanding Ursula Trilogy
Corinne Jeffery's Understanding Ursula trilogy
Vividly recreates the pioneer world of the Canadian prairies with a multitude of memorable characters. You'll lose yourself between the pages as you watch them struggle to survive and flourish, always at the mercy of Mother Nature and the ever-changing seasons on the unfettered plains.
The Beginning of Gustav Werner's Journey
On July 1, 1909, the day after his eighteenth birthday, Gustav Werner takes the inaugural ride on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway between Melville and Regina, to apply for a homestead grant at the Dominion Lands Office. He is eager to become the most thriving homesteader in the townships of Neudorf and Lemberg, Saskatchewan, set aside for Gustav's people, the German Lutherans, by Sir Clifford Sifton in Canada's Last Best West land deal.
Gustav's Challenges
What he doesn't realize is that beyond becoming a man and a landowner, life as he knows it is about to crumble from his grasp. Family drama and conflict plague Gustav as he learns English — the language that sparks hatred in his staunchly traditional father, Christian — and discovers that his parents have arranged his marriage to sixteen-year-old Amelia Schweitzer.
