Carrie Fancett Pagels Summary

Carrie Fancett Pagels opens the collection with her story set in the year 1753. From her writing, readers glimpse what life may have been like for German immigrants in the Shenandoah Valley. Families like the Foyles, met their demise at the hands of Indians, while some young children were taken captive and raised among the Indians. Settlers relied heavily on the work of their hands, the charity of friends, and the Lord's protection. In a place where life and death were always at the forefront of her mind, Magda never gave up hope of a life and future with Jacob Owens.

For such a short story, this novella has a lot of moving parts. I enjoyed the historical research Pagels put to page as well as how she set each scene. Yet something prevented