1837

<p><strong>In <em>1837: Love Among Strangers</em> the second of <em>The Immigrant Chronicles</em> Kleidon has done it again (Steve Vogel <em>NYT</em> bestselling author).</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>A riveting adventure novel <em>1837</em> is also a poignant love story and a powerful exploration of the complex ties that bind a family . . . and a country. This is historical fiction at its best. </strong></p><p></p><p>Niklas and Katrina K��stner know what it feels like to be strangers. Still just days after arriving in old New Orleans they are shocked to meet a decades' old enemy face the horrors of slavery for the first time and learn about a terrifying sick season. Meanwhile their beautiful daughter takes New Orleans society by storm and their eldest son dives into its seediest most dangerous elements. </p><p></p><p>When the family embarks on a riverboat up the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers new layers of secrets and dangers are revealed as they cross what was then the frontier heading for a raucous boomtown in its infancy Chicago. </p><p></p><p>Based on the true story of her ancestors <em>1837: Love Among Strangers</em> is a the second of a series by Rose Osterman Kleidon. If you like your historical fiction deep bracing and true Kleidon is sure to become your next favorite author.</p>