Who will win the war for love and beer?
A self-made German brewer would willingly give it all for the love of his woman--while another, lesser man would seek to take it all and rid of the woman. Let the battles begin
Forced into an arranged marriage and dispatched to a strange new country, a German Brew Master learned he would do almost anything for love. In 1849, Burke Kaufmann survived the first leg of his journey: the cross Atlantic voyage and the "floating coffin ships." Then he endured the Oregon Trail during its bloodiest history, with Aussie pal Queensy Gray in tow, and in due course he landed in Portland, Oregon--"Shanghai capital," and arguably the most dangerous place on earth.
Fighting for his life throughout his dangerous trek had succeeded in curing Kaufmann of his depression. The experience also made him enormously wealthy; he was finally able to send for his bride, Lily. When he did, Burke's greatest danger so far arrived with her.

Anne Sweazy-Kulju

United States, United States of America

Unknown, 2015

PS, 2014

The wild west was wild but offered challenges to those brave enough for the adventure. Burke Kaufman, a young German who has been sent by his father to America to expand the family business, is one such man. Burke's father and another man, who has fallen on hard times financially, arrange for their son and daughter to marry. After crossing the Atlantic by ship, they traverse the Oregon trail and finally reach Portland to open a brewery. Grog Wars covers the trials and tribulations of this tenacious young man as he endures the rigors of travel in the 1800s, settles in a strange new town, and struggles to make his arranged marriage work

2023-06-28