The Dream Seekers by Patricia Shaw

The Dream Seekers by Patricia Shaw

Father Beitz has a dream. From his home in 1870s Hamburg, he plans to pioneer an idyllic German community in faraway Australia, in a backwoods hamlet, barely settled, called Bundaberg. He soon finds other dreamers eager to join him, thrilled by the prospect of a sunny clime, cheap arable land, and their own Lutheran society. But when they arrive they find the land, bought for them by Father Beitz, is nothing but a jungle, and before long it seems the trials of their new home may force the community to disintegrate. As time passes, a combination of courage and determination carries the pioneers beyond their fears, but a new threat awaits. Only an elderly Aborigine mystic sees the evil that threatens them, but can he warn them in time?

Praise for Patricia Shaw's previous Australian sagas:
'Rich, compelling, well-balanced, unsentimental, vivid' Kirkus Reviews
'Shaw gets it all right' Publishers Weekly
'Storyline as dramatic and colourful as the land itself' Gold Coast Bulletin
'Another Australian winner' Annabel

Born in Melbourne, Patricia Shaw worked as a teacher, political journalist and an oral historian, before pursuing a literary career. Her books have sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide.

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ISBN 13	9780747268505
ISBN 10	0747268509
Title	The Dream Seekers
Author	Patricia Shaw
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Headline Publishing Group
Year published	2002-03-04
Number of pages	544
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