Journey to Texas, 1833 / /

Journey to Texas, 1833 / / / Detlef Dunt; ed. by Geir Bentzen, James C. Kearney.

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In 1834, a German immigrant to Texas, D. T. F. (Detlef Thomas Friedrich) Jordt, aka Detlef Dunt, published Reise nach Texas, a delightful little book that praised Texas as "a land which puts riches in [the immigrant's] lap, which can bring happiness to thousands and to their descendants.&q...

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VerfasserIn:
Dunt, Detlef,
:
Dunt, Detlef,
Saustrup, Anders,
MitwirkendeR:
Bentzen, Geir,
Dunt, Detlef,
Kearney, James C.,
Saustrup, Anders,
HerausgeberIn:
Bentzen, Geir,
Kearney, James C.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : : University of Texas Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • An Introduction
  • Journey to Texas, Including Information about This Country, for Germans Intending to Go to America
  • Introduction
  • Departure from Oldenburg for New York by way of Bremerhaven, with Pertinent Observations
  • Departure from New York for New Orleans
  • Travel from New Orleans to Brazoria in Texas
  • Further Observations Concerning Texas
  • Some Observations Concerning the Quality of the Soil and the Procedures Followed in Agriculture and Horticulture
  • The Author's Return Trip to Germany
  • Postscript
  • APPENDIX 1: Louise Ernst Stöhr
  • APPENDIX 2: Caroline Ernst von Hinueber
  • APPENDIX 3: Wolters-Achenbach
  • APPENDIX 4: Nomenclature of Measures, Weights, Currency, and Other Terms of Designation
  • Early German Literature about Texas and Detlef Dunt's Place in It
  • Chronological Bibliography of Nineteenth-Century German Works That Discuss or Mention Texas

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