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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticKnuth, Eldon L.
Title, AnalyticWho Wrote Those Letters?
Journal TitleGerman-American Genealogy
Date of PublicationSpring 2005
Location in Work11-12, ill.
Language or Document TypeEnglish
AbstractDetails the author's search for information on Carl Wiedow and his descendants. Johannes Gillhoff, author of the book Juernjakob Swehn, der Amerikafahrer, had supposedly revealed that a large fraction of the letters in his book were written by one of his father's former pupils by the name of Wiedow.
Notes(Immigrant Genealogical Society, Burbank, CA)
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsEmigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Immigrants, German/ Germany, Emigration and immigration/ Letters/ Fiction/ Gillhoff, Johannes/ German Americans -- Iowa/ Mecklenburg