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FormatBook Whole
Author, MonographicNaumann, Jakob
Title, MonographicSelections from My Journey to America, 1836-1843
Edition or VersionRev.
Author Role 2 or Performer/DirectorTranslated & illustrated by Anna Kemper Hesse ; [edited and] with a new introduction by A.E. Schroeder.
Place of PublicationHermann, Mo.
PublisherBrush & Palette Club
Date of Publication2000,
Date of Copyright1969
Extent of Work[8], 79 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
ISBN9781572160781
AbstractInspired by her grandmother's recollections of "Uncle Naumann," Anna Kemper Hesse selected and translated these writings from Jakob Naumann's Reise nach den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, first published in Leipzig in 1850, which contradict some of the glowing reports of the "paradise" or utopian life to be found by German immigrants to the American frontier.
NotesContents: The decision -- The journey begins -- The voyage -- The new country -- Westward -- To Pittsburg [sic] -- A short sojourn in Cincinnati -- To Philadelphia -- To Missouri -- The return -- Additional comments about America -- About Anna Kemper Hesse. Donated by J Tiedemann, 2014.
Call NumberMKI P2014-10
MKI TermsGermans -- Emigration and immigration -- United States./ German Americans -- History./ Hermann (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources./My Journey to America.