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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Soergel, Alwin H. |
| Title, Monographic | A sojourn in Texas, 1846-47: Alwin H. Soergel's Texas writings |
| Author/Subsidiary, or Performer | Von-Maszewski, W. M. |
| Author Role 2 or Performer/Director | translator and editor |
| Place of Publication | San Marcos, Texas |
| Publisher | German-Texan Heritage Society |
| Date of Publication | 1992 |
| Extent of Work | 357 |
| ISBN | 0-944779-05-0 |
| Abstract | Collection of Soergel's letters and reports. One hundred fifty years ago a collegial group of privileged German noblemen proposed and founded the Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas to populate and cultivate the prairies and woodlands of Central Texas: the Adelsverein. Alwin Soergel joined the enterprise. Soergel's writing represents something between popular journalism and a chronicle continuing the German romantic notion of a mythic wilderness, land open to opportunity for those who were willing to harness it and capitalize on its riches. He offered the settlers guidance. They benefitted from his first-hand observations, advice and warnings. The project of the Adelsverein failed causing thousands of Germans who had immigrated to Texas much suffering. |
| Notes | ; book, in MadCat. |
| Call Number | MKI/SHS F 391 .S72 1992 |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Texas/ Immigrants, German/ Travel/ 19th century |