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Autore |
Dunt Detlef |
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Journey to Texas, 1833 / / Detlef Dunt ; translated from the German by Anders Saustrup ; edited and with an introduction by James C. Kearney and Geir Bentzen ; design by Lindsay Starr |
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Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (192 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Germans - Texas |
Electronic books. |
Texas Description and travel |
Texas Emigration and immigration |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; An Introduction (James C. Kearney and Geir Bentzen); Journey to Texas, Including Information about This Country, for Germans Intending to Go to America. (Detlef Dunt; translated by Anders Saustrup); Preface; Introduction.; Departure from Oldenburg for New York by way of Bremerhaven, with Pertinent Observations. Report of a Letter from an Oldenburg Man in Texas. Description of New York, etc.; Departure from New York for New Orleans. Description of This City. Observation on the Most Essential Needs of the Colonist in Texas. |
Travel from New Orleans to Brazoria in Texas. Staying There and at Varner's Creek Departure for San Felipe and Mill Creek. Observations Concerning These Localities.; Further Observations Concerning Texas. Report on the Most Essential Parts of the Colonization Law and the Constitutional Acts.; 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 (Anders Saustrup); Appendix 2: Caroline Ernst von Hinueber (Anders Saustrup) |
Appendix 3: Wolters-Achenbach (Anders Saustrup)Appendix 4: |
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Nomenclature of Measures, Weights, Currency, and Other Terms of Designation (Anders Saustrup); Early German Literature about Texas and Detlef Dunt's Place in It: A Bibliographical Essay (James C. Kearney); Chronological Bibliography of Nineteenth-Century German Works That Discuss or Mention Texas (James C. Kearney) |
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