Sycamore Promises

<p><strong><em>Finding refuge in the shelter of a mighty tree.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>A young couple leaves Ohio for the promise of a new life on the Kansas plains. They settle a prime tract of land near Lawrence Kansas. A second young couple escape the bonds of slavery in Missouri. Circumstance brings them together and together they build a future in the shelter of a mighty sycamore tree. Set against the backdrop of national ambition to westward expansion and a nation divided over the issue of slavery the young settlers fight to hold their land and realize the future that unites them. Opposed by a powerful adversary who covets their land they battle human treachery hostile Indians prejudice and a bloody burning prelude to war. Together they face the forces of war healing a wounded community drought pestilence and death. They battle to hold a hard-won home and fulfill the promises of their future. </p>