Rosanna Langdon

Rosanna Vogel is a young beauty when she first meets Walter Langdon, who is immediately smitten with her. Rosanna was raised in a strict German Catholic family but she is independent and strong-willed. She doesn’t believe that a loving God would condemn an innocent baby who had not been baptized to Hell. She defies her family and marries Walter in the Methodist church.

Rosanna’s upbringing in Catholicism instigates religious conflicts for the rest of her life. When she has Frank, her family pressures her to have him baptized. She, of course, knows the implications – if he dies without baptism, he would be doomed to eternal damnation. Although she remains steadfast in not having him baptized, she deals with internal doubts and fears about her choice.

Rosanna’s life on the farm focuses first on her children and then on the daily chores that are endless...