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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Marty, Carl |
| Title, Analytic | Es Chasgschichtli |
| Journal Title | Amerikanischer Schweizer-Kalender |
| Date of Publication | 1924 |
| Volume ID | 44 |
| Location in Work | 78-79, ill |
| Abstract | Short story about a cheese export firm called Roethlisgerber & Berger takes place in Chicago. Begins: "Nid wyt vo wo d' Riverstreet u d' Southwaterstreet da z' Tschiggago umge zaeme i heiche, het fruecher e waeltbikannti schwyzerische Chaeseexportfirma ihri Ablag gha." |
| Notes | Swiss-American author. From Ward, Bio-Bibliography, 1985: "b. 4-3-1873 in Gachnang, Switzerland, d. 1960 in Monroe, Wis. Came to Green County, Wisconsin, in 1887 to join his father and older brother. Returned to Switzerland in 1893 and visited his sister in Bucharest where he worked for 2 years as a bank employee with his brother-in-law. 1895 in Switzerland, 1896 in Wisconsin where he co-edited the Green County Herold. 1901 employed in cheese industry, 1907 owner of a cheese factory in Chicago which he built into a prosperous business. Contributed poetry to various Swiss-American periodicals. . . . Wrote works in Berner dialect with A. Rieder and P. Baehler." --- Illustrated by L. M. Hotter. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | PIA/ Swiss Americans/ Fiction/ Dialects/ Chicago (Ill.) |