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A Paradise Called Texas

by Janice Jordan Shefelman

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An immigrant journey into the Texas Hill Country

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An immigrant journey into the Texas Hill Country

Set in 1845, the novel traces Mina and her family’s passage from Germany to Texas, where the promise of a new home gives way to a difficult arrival and an inland journey. After a family tragedy, Mina and her father continue with the Kaufmann family toward the Hill Country. There, Mina meets an Indigenous chief and his daughter, Amaya, and turns to them when her father becomes ill. Based on the author’s ancestors’ immigration, the book brings together migration, family loss, and cross-cultural encounters within a historical account of settling in unfamiliar territory.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in historical fiction set in 19th-century America.
  • Readers curious about German immigration and early settlement in Texas.
  • Readers who enjoy stories centered on family journeys, hardship, and encounters across cultures.

Themes

Immigration and settlementFamily and lossCross-cultural encountersSurvival in unfamiliar surroundings

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Book overview

Searching for a better life, Mina, Papa, and Mama left their German fatherland aboard the brig Margaretha, bound for Texas. They had been told it was the paradise of North America, but when Mina steps onto the desolate beach at Indian Point on a cold December day in 1845, she wants to go back to Germany and Opa's cozy house in the village of Wehrestedt. But go on they must. In spite of mama's tragic death, Mina and Papa push inland with the Kaufmann family to the Texas Hill Country. There Mina encounters an Indian chief and his young daughter, Amaya, whose help she needs when Papa falls ill. Based on her ancestors' immigration to Texas, Janice Shefelman tells of a journey into the wilderness that is filled with hardship, tragedy and adventure.

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