Stephen Mitchell reviews "Dream: If not for Katie..."

"Dream: If not for Katie..." by Anita Massic takes us effortlessly into America's past putting us at ease with the characters, their circumstances and the ways of the Old West with no hint of artifice or jarring shifts of perspective in the back and forth transitions from present to past. The interests and the concerns of the characters underscore the hardships and the joys that came with founding a new country--one where guarantees were neither offered nor expected.

There is, of course, more to the story than the documentation of life in early America. The intriguing link from the present to the past and the connectivity between the then and the now is at the center of this journey which is both rewarding and promising--there will be a sequel.