SUN CITY WEST, Ariz., July 7, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Nothing can be more important than the family. It is through families that we can develop values and love and become mature beings. For author Vylo Emery Fichter Mull, the family is the true foundation of life. Discover why through a fascinating story weaved by Mull in Ride, Ride, Ranke, her new book released through Xlibris.
Ride, Ride, Ranke narrates the enduring true story of a beautiful Danish girl's immigrant journey from Denmark to America in 1908. Still in her teens, Marie and her new husband Hans arrived disillusioned that the glowing promises the government made to lure immigrants and the Easterners to come out and settle the vast wilderness of the West were a blatant distortion of the truth. Unwilling to give up, Hans starts herding sheep and takes odd jobs to make money, and along the way Marie gives birth to a son. After moving to Sioux City, Iowa, Hans became obsessed over owning his own farm and with his pursuit he leaves Marie and their son behind. Disgusted over the desertion, Marie filed for a divorce and married another man, named George Loran emery, whom she spent the rest of her life with.
Fate intervened once more as Loran got crippled by a machine just fours years after their wedding. By this time, Marie had more children and raised them all as her own. She raised them as one unit and constantly taught them the value of unity and family. Together as a family, they braved the hard times of the Great Depression, the dust bowl and extreme poverty.
Both heartwarming and heartbreaking, Ride, Ride, Ranke is a true testament of the strength of family values, love and unity. It clearly shows how the family proves to be the strongest and most powerful influence in any person's life. Witness this family's touching story by ordering a copy of Vylo Emery Fichter Mull's Ride, Ride, Ranke by visiting your local bookstore or shop online at Xlibris.com today.
About the Author
Vylo Emery Fichter Mull's humble beginnings on a South Dakota farm taught her to work hard and motivated her to achieve a better life for herself and her children. Born in the early 1920s, Mull grew up during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, events that crippled the country. Still young after World War II and now the mother of three children, Mull tackled life with an optimistic spirit working for many years as a beautician and later as a successful real estate broker. Mull now lives in Sun City West, Arizona, with her husband of forty years.
Ride, Ride, Ranke * by Vylo Emery Fichter Mull
Publication Date: January 18, 2007
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 391 pages; 978-1-4257-3837-2
Cloth Hardback; $29.99; 391 pages; 978-1-4257-3838-9
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