Stanley J Kajs

Tales of Slavonic Souls Stanley J Kajs

Tales of Slavonic Souls: The ImmigrantsDeparting Central Europe before and The Great War to Nová Praha, Texas-a magical, mystical, and sometimes mysterious place-Slavic immigrants help rebuild a community once abandoned by many of its English-Scottish inhabitants. These fictional characters from Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the German States leave the dying Hapsburg Empire and undertake the perilous journey over land and water to settle in America. They carry with them the folk traditions and Christianity from their Old World and attempt to transplant them in their adopted land. But many have difficulty escaping their haunting past because their enemies, most in Europe but a few in their midst, seek to harm them. The characters represent a variety of occupations and professionsThese stories render the struggles and joys of families and individuals who escape from the Old World and settle in the Hill Country of Texas.