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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Durnbaugh, Donald F. |
| Title, Analytic | Research Note: The Autobiography of Johannn Georg Jungmann, a Moravian Missionary to the Indians |
| Journal Title | Der Reggeboge |
| Date of Publication | Dec. 2003 |
| Volume ID | 37 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 3-13 |
| Abstract | Johann Georg Jungmann (1720-1808) was born in "Hockenheim in the Palatinate and came as a child to Pennsylvania in 1731-32 with his family, surviving an especially harrowing ocean crossing." Jungmann was converted in a Moravian meeting as a young man, and in 1746 he began working with Native Americans." In 1811 portions of Jungmann's spiritual autobiography (Lebenslauf) were published in a Pietist-oriented publication in Nuernberg, Germany. This was reprinted in Der deutsche Pionier, the path-breaking journal on Germans in America founded and edited by Heinrich Armin Rattermann (1832-1923) of Cincinnati; it appeared in the first volume (1869-1870) of the journal. This in turn was republished in Benjamin F. Trexler's Skizzen aus dem Lecha Thal (1880-1886) The first publication in English was "The Narrative of the Life of John George Jungmann," in Periodical Accounts Relating to the Missions of the Church of the United Brethren, volume 6 (1814). The present translation into English is based on the original German publication of 1811." |
| Notes | Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society --- Includes bibliographical notes. |
| Donated by | Dennis Boye |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Moravians/ Native Americans/ 18th century/ German Americans -- Pennsylvania/ Jungmann, Johann Georg, 1720-1808 |