In Search of Love: the Story of a Mail Order Bride (Mail Order Bride Series)
“ “Dear Katerina, At last, another letter. I realize things are quicker now that we have each other’s address, but the time seems to stand still for me between your letters.
I believe I mentioned that my family lives on the next farm over. Papa comes from a long line of farmers back in Ireland. In 1848, there was a serious problem with the potato crop caused by potato blight It devastated the crops for several years and was horrible for poor people, who depended on the potato for a living as well as their own food, Papa tells of people starving. During the third year, my Papa, Michael, and Mother, Margaret, could take it no longer. They didn’t have much, but their friends and relatives scraped together enough for passage to America. After a tornado wiped out the crop, our house and all the buildings. Papa decided it was time to get away from areas where tornados were an annual event, and the rest you know. We’re all farmers and have the typical Irish love for the land,... so farming is what we do. My oldest brother lives on the farm he will inherit some day. My other brother lives close by, homesteading the same as me. Both my youngest sisters live at home.MoreLess
I believe I mentioned that my family lives on the next farm over. Papa comes from a long line of farmers back in Ireland. In 1848, there was a serious problem with the potato crop caused by potato blight It devastated the crops for several years and was horrible for poor people, who depended on the potato for a living as well as their own food, Papa tells of people starving. During the third year, my Papa, Michael, and Mother, Margaret, could take it no longer. They didn’t have much, but their friends and relatives scraped together enough for passage to America. After a tornado wiped out the crop, our house and all the buildings. Papa decided it was time to get away from areas where tornados were an annual event, and the rest you know. We’re all farmers and have the typical Irish love for the land,... so farming is what we do. My oldest brother lives on the farm he will inherit some day. My other brother lives close by, homesteading the same as me. Both my youngest sisters live at home.MoreLess
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