Exodus of the Eight Hundred

A gripping tale of committed Christians caught up in a conservative protest movement in early 19th Century Saxony who decided that emigration was the only solution to what they experienced as the oppression of a rationalistic State Church. Led by Martin Stephan, a Lutheran clergyman whom they later deposed, 707 faithful sailed rough seas on six ships to a new home in Perry County, Missouri. Each step in the journey was complicated by trials and deaths, but the ultimate result is a victory for all. The book went through five printings in Germany because of its popular appeal and the translation for English speaking readers promises to be as engaging.