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| Format | Manuscript |
|---|---|
| Creator | Herkless, John L. |
| Title, Manuscript | Mossbacks: The co-existence of the English and German communities in America |
| Date | 1991 |
| Extent of Work | 100 pp. |
| Abstract | The Moss-backs or 'Moss-backers' were a German-speaking community which continued to exist in New Jersey until well after the second World War, and a few individuals and families who would number among the Mossbacks still exist and still speak a language which is recognizably German. The manuscript first includes an essay entitled "Post-revolutionary decline in the German population and language in the United States" and three reprinted articles by Ralph Charles Wood: Pennsilfaanisch (Pennsylvaniadeutsch). Eine neudeutsche Sprache Nordamerikas. Fritz Trautz: Die Pfaelzische Auswanderung nach Nordamerika im 18. Jahrhundert; Friedrich Klaeber: Die deutsche Sprache in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. In this book the author wishes to present how the German-American subculture came to be established, how it became self-conscious and sought deliberately to maintain itself apart fron its English-speaking, puritan environs, and its decline. |
| Notes | Manuscript of a book intended for publication |
| Call Number | MKI P97-24 |
| MKI Terms | Language, German (US)/ German Americans/ History/ Culture/ Ethnic identity |