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FormatBook Whole
Author, MonographicReitzel, Robert
Title, MonographicAdventures of a Greenhorn
Author/Subsidiary, or PerformerErhardt, Jacob
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherPeter Lang
Date of Publication1992
Extent of Work94 pages
Series EditorTolzmann, Don H.
Series TitleNew German-American Studies
Series Vol. ID3
ISBN0-8204-1330-5
AbstractIn 1870, when he was twenty-one years old, Robert Reitzel immigrated to America. Unable to find a job in New York City, he and his companions tramped through New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland in search of work. He kept a journal during the first years of his wild and colorful experiences in America. The entries into the journal later formed the skeleton of his witty, whimsical novel "Adventures of a Greenhorn." This work represents a fascinating and at time disturbing historical and sociological portrait of America as experienced by a young German immigrant.
NotesGerman-American author. Translation and introduction by Jacob Erhardt
Call NumberMKI PT 3919 .R35 Z4613 1991
MKI TermsBiographies/ Reitzel, Robert, 1849-1898