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Title, MonographicWhat Wondrous Life: the World of George Husmann: a Photographic Exhibit on the Life and Achievement of George Husmann
Place of PublicationColumbia, MO
PublisherWestern Historical Manuscript Collection
Date of Publication2002
Extent of Workvi, 32 p. : ill.
AbstractThree essays and a bibliography to accompany an exhibit about "the father of the Missouri grape and wine industry," who also played an important role in rescuing French and California vineyards from destruction by Phylloxera by providing resistant rootstock.
NotesContents: Why emigrate? / Adolf E. Schroeder -- The Spirit of George Husmann / Linda Walker Stevens -- Early photography and the family / Oliver Schuchard -- The books and monographs of George Husmann, a chronological checklist / Gail Unzelman. Donated by J Tiedemann, 2014.
Call NumberMKI P2014-10
MKI TermsViticulture -- United States./ German Americans -- Missouri./ Husmann, George (1827-1902).