Use the above window to search all fields. Otherwise, search individual fields below.
Please note: In many of the bibliographic records, MKI has not used umlauts (ä, ö, ü) or the letter ß. Try searching both for umlauts and for ae, oe, or ue, and ss.
| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Hammer, Bonaventura, 1842-1917 |
| Title, Monographic | Aus dem Leben: Erzaehlungen zur Belehrung, Erbauung und Unterhaltung |
| Place of Publication | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Publisher | Sendbote |
| Date of Publication | 1911 |
| Extent of Work | 296 pages : illustrations, plate ; 17 cm |
| Contents | From the Vorwort: Ueber den Inhalt verraten wir nur so viel, dass er grossenteils dem deutsch-amerikanischen Familienleben entnommen ist, wie es sich im Verlaufe der zweiten Haelfte des 19. Jahrhunderts entwickelte, und dass die Schilderungen, nach dem Urteile jener, die sie gelesen haben, wahrgeitsgetreu und lehrreich sind. Das uebrige moege der Leser dem Buche selbst entnehmen. |
| Notes | 2 copies: 1st copy donated by Ronald C. Wagner, 1991; 2nd copy donated by Sonja J. Wanamaker, 2007. On title page: Praemie des "Sendbote des goettlichen Herzens Jesu" 38. Jahrgang. Verlag des "Sendbote," 42 Calhoun-Str. |
| MKI Annotation | Bonaventura Hammer, born June 23, 1842 in Dürmersheim, Baden. Died January 19, 1917 at Lafayette, Indiana. Emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1846, at the age of four. Educated at St. Philomena's Parochial School, Pittsburgh, and St. Vincent's College, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Studied theology and joined the order of Franciscan monks in 1860; ordained 1865. Successively stationed at Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; Hamilton, Ohio; Oldenburg, Indiana; and Detroit, Michigan, 1865-1882. Then stationed at Lafayette, Indiana, devoting himself principally to literary work, 1882-1901; and then at San Diego, California, 1901-1904, for his health. Finally assistant at St. Boniface's Church, Lafayette, Indiana, 1904-1917. The author of more than fifty books, he also translated Wallace's "Ben Hur" into German. ---- Inscribed Walburga Weber. 1911 Dec. Additional information on Bonventura Hammer |
| Call Number | PIA OH |
| MKI Terms | Fiction, German American/ Juvenile literature/ Christian life -- Fiction -- Catholic authors/ 19th century |