In God Is Our Trust was sent to the printers on Wednesday, October 19th, exactly one year to the day since we sent volume 4, Oh Say Can You See to the printers last year! I hope that's a good omen!

This volume completes the vision I had of this series--to illustrate a neglected American generation, the heirs of the Founding Father's work, and the generation that would receive or reject the Restoration.

In God Is Our Trust winds our characters through fifteen years of tender personal trials and joys, all set against the backdrop of poignant American history. This volume dramatically illustrates how the following critical topics affected this generation--

The beginning of the Industrial Revolution

The last days of the Founding Father's direct influence

Political upheaval in America as new leaders emerge

The increasingly volatile issue of slavery

The American Renaissance

Thomas Jefferson's final message to America on her Jubilee

The impact of Immigration on America

The westward migration

A new religious reformation

And how all these issues set the stage for this generation's response to Joseph Smith's visions of angels and Deity.

I hope you'll laugh and cry with the Pearsons and their loved ones in In God Is Our Trust. I saw so many parallels between their day and ours as I conducted the research. There are great lessons for us in these glimpses of American history. I'll be elaborating on them on my blog in the coming weeks.

Thanks so much for supporting the series and this journey.

Laurie LC Lewis