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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Gerstaecker, Friedrich |
| Title, Monographic | Mississippi-Bilder : Licht- und Schattenseiten transatlantischen Lebens |
| Edition or Version | Fuer die reifere Jugend und das Volk |
| Author/Subsidiary, or Performer | Neumann, Ernst |
| Place of Publication | Reutlingen |
| Publisher | Ensslin & Laiblins Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Date of Publication | [1922] |
| Extent of Work | 479 pages : including frontispiece, illustrations, plates |
| Address/Availability | OCLC 38685200 |
| View Online | Other dates and editions available via HathiTrust. |
| Abstract | Contents: Vorwort -- Der Pflanzer -- Der Hurricane -- Die Silbermine in den Ozarkgebirgen -- Eine Gerichtsszene in Arkansas -- Doktor Middleton -- Jazede -- Der Buerschgang auf den Baeren -- Sieben Tage auf einem amerik. Dampfboot -- Der Deutsche und sein Kind -- Der Osage -- Zivilisation und Wildnis -- Der erkaufte Henker -- Die Tochter der Riccarees -- Die Sklavin. |
| Notes | Mit vielen Bildern.--title page. Inscription inside front cover: " Edward Neitzke". Bookplate: "Ex libris Hildegard Binder Johnson." Illustrated cover. Gerstaecker, Friedrich (Wilhelm Christian), b. 5-10-1816 in Hamburg, d. 5-31-1872 in Braunschweig. Poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist. Came to America in 1837 and worked at various occupations. Returned to Germany in 1842 and began to write of his adventures. -- Ward, Bio-Bibliography, 1985. |
| Call Number | MKI PT 1885 .G7 M52 1922 |
| MKI Terms | German-American author/ Fiction/ United States/ Slavery/ Louisiana/ Arkansas |