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FormatBook Whole
Author, MonographicWuerffel, Stella
Title, MonographicTwo Rivers to Freedom
Place of PublicationSt. Louis
PublisherClayton Pub. House
Date of Publicationc1980
Extent of Work382
ISBN0-915644-20-7
AbstractHistorical fiction about a group of nearly 800 German Christians who left Saxony, Germany in 1838 to come to America to achieve religious freedom. Describes "the hardships and privations of the long sea journey" and the work to create new settlements in eastern Perry County, Missouri.
Notes[Pages numbered i, ii, followed by three unnumbered pages, then begins with 7.] Ex libris: First Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church [Chicago]. Donated by Robert Meier, 2008.
Call Number**PIA
MKI TermsSaxon emigration, 1838-1839/ German Americans -- Missouri/ Lutherans -- Missouri/ Atlantic crossing/ Fiction, historical