A gripping historical novel which follows a couple from Germany, their harrowing cruise and all the way to homesteading in Wisconsin. Follow the actual journey that Johann and Sophia Kemp took to their homestead in Mequon, Wisconsin Territory. in 1829. You will find Johann and Sophia's incredible love story is amazing! Young Johann Kemp finds a peasant uprising to be his opportunity to escape his life of indentured servitude in feudalistic Mecklenburg. In one of those extraordinary moments of fate, Johann comes upon the woman that could change his life forever. She's beautiful, she's smart, and in no time at all, she knows Johann better than he knows himself. These teenagers find themselves facing unimaginable dangers and hardships on the American frontier and, they find themselves falling in love along the way.
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