This story is based on true events. It is 1832 on a generational farm near Frankfurt, Germany. The Jacob Schmitt family had lived under the rule of a ruthless, autocratic governor when they heard of people going to America where they could start a new life. Philip, the oldest child, was 12 years old when his family left Germany. They traveled bravely across the Atlantic to New York City, and then on to Matagorda, Texas. When they settled in 1833...