Holding on to the Dream (Western Dream)

Life in Texas has hard in the winter of 1883. Many cattle ranchers were wiped out when their cattle died in the winter storms. The mortality rate for babies born in this time period was horrible. Many young mothers also died giving birth to their children with little or no medical care. This book starts with a young father holding his tiny baby boy in his hands thinking "If I can't keep the cattle alive through the winter, I won't be able to feed this child nest year. If I lose his mother, I have no idea what will do."