The Master Butchers Singing ClubThe Master Butchers Singing Club

In the years after World War I, ex-soldier Fidelis Waldvogel marries the pregnant widow of his best friend and sets out for America, getting as far as Argus, North Dakota, where he settles. Over the years he works hard, building his butcher's business, a home for his family--which now includes Eva and four sons--and a singing club consisting of the best voices in town. What happens when the Old World meets the New--in the person of Delphine Watzka, a daughter of Argus whose origins are a mystery, even to her--turns out to be one of the great adventures of Fidelis's life. Delphine meets Eva and is enchanted; she meets Fidelis, and the ground trembles.