Chapter II: Part I

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I The Blessing of Asher 1
II The Sign of the Sunflower 16
III The Will of the Wind 30
IV Distress Signals 45
V A Plainsman of the Old School 58
VI When the Grasshopper Was a Burden 82
VII The Last Bridge Burned 103
VIII Anchored Hearthstones 122
IX The Beginning of Service 136
X The Coming of Love 155
XI Lights and Shadows 175
XII The Fat Years 187