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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Elmer, Robert A. |
| Title, Monographic | Glarners in America: Stories of Immigrants and Their Descendants from Canton Glarus, Switzerland = Glarner in Amerika. Geschichten glarnerischer Einwanderer und ihrer Nachkommen |
| Place of Publication | Näfels, Switzerland |
| Publisher | Küng Druck AG |
| Date of Publication | 2015 |
| Extent of Work | 264 |
| ISBN | 978-3-85546-282-7 |
| Abstract | From the author: A collection of about 100 biographical sketches from American history regarding immigrants and their descendants from Canton Glarus in Switzerland. Stories include that of Abraham Blumer who in 1777 helped hide the Liberty Bell from British troops advancing on Philadelphia, LTC Martin Tschudy who fell at the epicenter of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, Alice Kundert who ran for Governor of South Dakota, and the curious story of immigrant Fridolin Blumer who re-invented himself as Alaskan mountaineer and prospector named Jack Koby. |
| Notes | Parallel text in English and German. Translation by Monika Kubli-Peter. edited by Historical Society of Canton Glarus, Switzerland, and Gukum (Historical and Cultural Society Schwanden) --- Donated by Robert A. Elmer, 2018. |
| Call Number | MKI E184 .S9 E46 2015 |
| MKI Terms | Swiss Americans -- Biography/ Immigrants, Swiss/ Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 19th century/ Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 20th century/ Glarus (Switzerland: Canton) -- Biography |