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02024aam a2200289 4500 001 AD2775C2BE4E11E49F706BC5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150227010134 008 110919s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1613461801 020 $a 9781613461808 040 $d IaEs $d SILO 100 1 $a Heusman, Judy Neibergall. 245 10 $a My heart's song began at home / $c by Judy Neibergall Heusman. 264 1 $a Mustang, OK : $b Tate Publishing, $c 2011. 300 $a 249 p. ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Family of Faith Series, The 500 $a Signed by author. 500 $a Henry Clay Coon is a feisty young man with a dream. In 1862 he convinces his friend Albert to travel with him to Hamburg to inquire about passage to America on a steamship. The trip will be long and treacherous, but the men make their decisions-they will leave everything and go. Their memories are tied to this one place, but now they will travel from their homeland to build a new life in a foreign land, fully aware of the raging Civil War. The declining economic system in Germany furthers their decision to find a better life for their families. Upon arriving in America, Henry, his wife, Elmira, and their two young children travel to Wisconsin, where they will homestead on Yellow Lake, Wisconsin. Two years after settling on his land, Henry makes a decision that will change his life and affect his family dramatically. Henry feels duty bound to enlist with the volunteers of Wisconsin's 33rd regiment in the Civil War. Will Henry make it back to Elmira and his growing family alive? Take the journey from Germany to America with the Coons in My Heart's Song Began at Home, an inspirational historical tale based on fact. 541 $d 20110919. 650 4 $a Iowa section. 650 14 $a Romance-historical. 655 4 $a Christian fiction. 830 4 $a The Family of Faith Series. 941 $a 1 952 $l EBPE325 $d 20150227014323.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AD2775C2BE4E11E49F706BC5DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search