Sheila Hirtle

This is a fact-based epic saga of a group of Hanoverian families who had been offered land in the American Colonies for past services to England; however, on arrival in South Carolina, they found a new government that did not recognize such grants. Later as the Carolina backcountry broke out into civil war, some of the Germans fought for independence while others sided with the British The book provides graphic detail of the conflicts, struggles and hardships of families torn apart while trying to survive in the frontier, then those who sided with the British being forced to leave their farms and go into exile in Canada.… (plus d'informations)