Tracing lives, loves, and aspirations of English Gypsies arriving in mid-nineteenth century America, CARAVAN OF DREAMS is a rare insider's view of a mysterious culture, a love story, an uneasy truce with wealth garnered from the Civil War, a mother's excruciating bereavement, and the emotional cost of loss and injury. Searching for freedom to roam, Victoria's English Gypsy family comes to America and establishes themselves as horse traders. Traveling the hills of North Carolina, they encounter Prince Williams, a dashing Gypsy with a charming moustache. Seventeen-year old Victoria, her budding...
Tracing lives, loves, and aspirations of English Gypsies arriving in mid-nineteenth century America, CARAVAN OF DREAMS is a rare insider's view of a m...