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To escape the devastation caused by the "potato famine," Elizabeths family pools their resources in order to provide passage for her and her mother and father to sail to America, the "land of milk and honey." After enduring many hardships on the crowded, storm tossed ship, they arrive in New York and much to their surprise, they encounter tremendous prejudices against the Irish.
After working in the smelly tanneries, Elizabeths father is bitten by "gold fever" as word comes that the precious metal has been discovered in California. Their trip west is fraught with many dangers including Indian attacks and sand storms. However, friendships are formed with other family groups and Elizabeth finally finds happiness as the wife of one of these fellow travelers. Work in the mines is hard and dangerous and when she finds herself a widow with a small child, she migrates to Montana. She again finds happiness as the wife of a wealthy copper mine owner. However, she always has a yearning to return to her homeland, so when she finds herself old and alone again, she makes arrangements to gather the remains of her deceased family members together and unite them in the rocky soil of her beloved Ireland.
作者简介
Paul Downhour, now living in Jacksonville, Florida, grew up in Daytona Beach. After serving four years in the Marine Corps, with part of his enlistment in the Far East, he returned to civilian life and spent most of his working career in sales and sales management. Writing newsletters and motivational articles for business purposes fired his passion for writing and renewed a childhood dream. As an avid history buff, his writings are precise recollections of various periods of historical significance. Paul researches each detail of the time period and then combines historically correct data with fictional characters as his plots twist and turn through their lives. "Writing," says Paul, "is inspirational and provides me with a unique form of inner satisfaction."
