To Fly With The Swallows1993
A Story of Old California
by Dana Catharine De Ruiz
To Fly With The Swallows is a biography of the woman who became California’s first native-born nun, describing a life that spanned the transitional period from Spanish rule to American statehood.
In the early 1800s, California is a quiet outpost of the Spanish Empire in America. It is too quiet for Doña Concha, the teenaged daughter of California’s acting-governor. She longs for the excitement of distant lands. But an unexpected visitor brings romance and a surprising challenge to Concha.
In 1806, Concha lived with her family in California where her father was commander of the presidio defending Spain’s New World Empire. Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov arrived from St. Petersburg requesting supplies for his ship. He stayed long enough for Concha and him to want to marry, but Rezanov was...