John O. Meusebach : : German Colonizer in Texas / / Irene Marschall King.
Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach chose a life of hardship and freedom in Texas rather than a life of comfort and influence in his native Germany, where he had lived his formative years within a framework of unconstitutional government. In 1845 the young liberal relinquished his hereditary German...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2014] ©1967 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Illustrations
- PART I: Germany, 1812-1845
- 1. The Family Circle: Dillenburg
- 2. The Circle Widens: Koblenz
- 3. The Expanding Horizon
- 4. A Meeting of Minds
- 5. The Leaven of Liberalism
- 6. The Noble Experiment Begins
- 7. Decision
- PART II: Colonization, 1845-1847
- 8. Texas on the Horizon
- 9. Texas in Reality
- 10. Echoes of Prince Solms
- 11. The Frontier
- 12. Swarm of Immigrants
- 13. The Face of Tragedy
- 14. A Search for Solace
- 15. The Special Commissioner
- 16. The Hanging Mob
- 17. Land of the Comanche
- 18. Web of Intrigue
- 19. The Verein Evaluated
- PART III: Private Life, 1847-1897
- 20. "Texas Forever"
- 21. Texas Senator
- 22. The Hearth
- 23. A House Divided
- 24. Loyal Valley
- 25. "Still Forward Press"
- Appendix: Treaty between the Commissary General of the German Emigration Company and the Comanche Nation
- Bibliography
- Index