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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Knuth, Eldon L. |
| Title, Analytic | Who Wrote Those Letters? |
| Journal Title | German-American Genealogy |
| Date of Publication | Spring 2005 |
| Location in Work | 11-12, ill. |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| Abstract | Details 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 Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Immigrants, German/ Germany, Emigration and immigration/ Letters/ Fiction/ Gillhoff, Johannes/ German Americans -- Iowa/ Mecklenburg |