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Author, MonographicTheiss, J. W. (John William), 1863-1932
Title, MonographicGepflueckt am Wege: Lieder und Gedichte
Place of PublicationSt. Louis, Mo.
PublisherDruck der Louis Lange Publishing Co.
Date of Publication1897
Extent of Work160 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
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NotesMit zehn Illustrationen. --- Louis Lange Publishing Co., Ecke Miami Strasse und Texas Avenue.
Author's dedication to his wife, "Oregon und California, 1891-1896."
Vorwort written by August Crull.
MKI AnnotationInscribed: Fraulein Pauline Gnewuch in Anerkennung ihrer freundlichen Hilfeleistungen von ihrer Pastorsfamilie. Lebanon, Wis. 10. Mai 1897.

John William (Johann Wilhelm) Theiss was born 20 September 1863 in Zelienople, Butler County, Pennsylvania. He died 3 March 1932 in Springfield, Ohio. He was a Lutheran minister in Madisonville, Ohio (1886-1889); Portland, Oregon (1889-1893); Santa Rosa, California (1894-1904); and Los Angeles, California (1904-1928). In 1920, he was elected President of the California and Nevada District of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church. He contributed poems to Die Abendschule, and authored several books of poetry. He was also a watercolorist and etcher.
Call NumberPIA MO
MKI TermsPoetry, German-American/ Songs