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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Berens, Klara |
| Title, Monographic | Unter den Tannen. Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte |
| Place of Publication | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Publisher | Eden |
| Date of Publication | [1900] |
| Extent of Work | 124 pages ; 17 cm |
| Series Title | Deutsche Evangelische Jugend-Bibliothek |
| Series Vol. ID | 29. Baendchen |
| Abstract | Story is set in the upper Midwest of the United States. From page 6: "Farmer Hiller machtes jedes Jahr ein schoenes Stueck Geld mit seinen jungen Tannen, und wie er, so machten es viele Farmer in Wisconsin und Minnesota, die auf ihren Heimstaetten groessere oder kleinere Strecken fanden, die dicht mit jungen Tannen bewachsen waren, die keine menschliche Hand gepflanzt, sondern Gottes grosser Saeemann, der Sturmwind, gesaeet." From pag 94: "Bei Hillers droben zu Pineland in Minnesota war des kleinen Ted ungelenk geschriebener, schlecht stilisierter und noch schlechter buchstabierter Brief ein rechtes Ereignis." |
| Notes | On title page: Eden Publishing House, 1716-1718 Chouteau Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. ---- On t.p. verso: Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1900, by A. G. Toennies, in trust for the Eden Publishing House, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C. |
| MKI Annotation | Stamped "Northwestern University Library, Watertown, Wis." Klara (Rieger) Berens was born Aug. 20, 1851 in Holstein, Missouri, the daughter of Pastor Jos. Rieger, one of the founders of the German Lutheran Synod in America. After studying at the Monticello School in Alton, Illinois, she returned ato teach English in Holstein, Mo. Married Pastor August Berens, German-American author, in 1878. |
| Donated by | Prof. David M. Gosdeck, Martin Luther College Library, New Ulm, MN. |
| Call Number | PIA MO (St. Louis: Deutsche Evangelische Synode von N. A.) |
| MKI Terms | Juvenile literature/ Christmas/ Women authors/ Fiction, religious |