"Dreams of a Promised Land" is a continuation of a series that began with the novel "Crimes of a Guilty Land." The series follows the story of the Beauchamp family from the early nineteenth century. "Dreams of a Promised Land" takes the story from 1920 through the early 1970s. ..".The P-51 Mustang was in a full power dive. The airframe was shaking as it reached or most likely exceeded its maximum rated airspeed, but Adam Beauchamp was calm and focused as the new and revolutionary enemy Me262 jet fighter came within range. This was the moment he had trained for..." That moment in Adam...

The novel 'Crimes of a Guilty Land' follows the Hart and Beauchamp families through some turbulent years of the nineteenth century. It opens in the summer of 1825 when young Roger Hart, while enjoying his first visit to the beach in Rhode Island, witnesses a tragedy. The events of that day will haunt him for the rest of his life. Many years later, just prior to the Civil War, Roger Hart becomes involved in a risky undertaking to begin to teach the children of slave families in Virginia. That experience leads him to Harpers Ferry and the disastrous John Brown raid on the US Armory in 1859....

"Dreams Fulfilled" concludes the trilogy of the Beauchamp family. High on the snow covered Sierra Nevada ridge, the woman lay back on her horsehair bed in the wagon. A blizzard was raging outside and she knew that she and her family and friends were in danger of losing their lives, stranded in the mountains in winter. She also knew that the men were planning a final attempt to break through the pass. They carried such a strong determination to make a new life in California. She braced herself and allowed the other women to begin to help deliver her baby under near impossible conditions. A...