{"product_id":"magdalena-a-colonial-girls-epic-journey-paperback","title":"Magdalena: A Colonial Girl's Epic Journey - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCara Dunkelberger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'm cold and hungry. Our trees are dead. Animals and birds froze to death.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat was part of a 1709 entry in young Magdalena's diary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom her loft bed, she overheard her father below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dearest Susannah, we have to go. We'll starve here  We have to sell our land and sell the only cow and horse we still have.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMami was crying softly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDawdi continued, \"Our plows, tools, and spinning wheel will fetch some money, too. Then we can pay the prince's departure tax and get a boat to Rotterdam.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe historically cold winter had devastated not only their small farm near the Rhine River but a large area of Europe as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagdalena's peasant family embarked with many others on a decades-long trek to England, the Hudson River Valley, the Mohawk River Valley, the Susquehanna River, and Pennsylvania. They interacted with people of other cultures, including Mohawks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt times, Magdalena's sorrows and hardships seemed insurmountable, but she never lost hope of someday having her own family and farm. Did she realize her dream?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagdalena is based on factual evidence in the lives of Germanic immigrants who left their farms in 1709. Magdalena's friend Conrad Weiser was a historic figure who became a famous Indian interpreter, having lived a year with a Mohawk family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42115507880071,"sku":"9781532025921","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6f050d3b58c5d02f77964dd2039589c0.webp?v=1732509497","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/magdalena-a-colonial-girls-epic-journey-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}