Search Results: German Texans from Out The Door

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1932

First Edition, 1998 Hard cover with dust jacket; VG+/VG+;

Republic of Texas, colonizing, farming, German In depth background of the colonizing of Texas by German settlers and an historical appraisal of the Mainz & Antwerp Societies. Translation of the "C. Schuenemann's Retail Book Store 1846" book. Dust cover spine slightly faded with abrasion to front. Two gift dedications written inside from 1986 and 2006.

Poems by award winning author Dr. Lisa Kahn presented in German and English, professor at Texas Southern University, and illustrated with pen drawings by accomplished artist Peter Kahn.

Account of early settlement & history of the Fredericksburg area, first published in 1925. Blue hardcover, black titling.

Stories of women who were German emigrants to Texas frontier 1831 - 1880. Gilt lettering on cover and spine; 198 pp., references, bibliography.

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Stiff gray paper covers w/illus. of the church, 111 pp., many photos. A good history of the German settlement of High Hill near Schulenburg illustrated with many historical photos---settler, families, etc. 1989 4th printing.

Signed dedication July 12, 1969

Cloth. 192pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Folding map. An account of the founding of Fredericksburg, Texas. Illustrated, bibliography. Index. Folding map. Signed and dedicated to two friends. Newspaper clipping pasted in front cover.

Revised Edition 1976,

Green cloth covered boards, black titles on front cover and spine. xxv, 223 pp. translation of 1849 German work; additional preface and biographical material by translator Charles Frank Schmidt. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. Basic Texas Books 21A: "One of the best Texas immigration guides, this book is also a valuable contribution to our knowledge of early Texas." Howes 682. Ex-library, Hope College Library, Inscription - "Presented by G. H. Albers class of 1891"

The intent of this is to relate the background and the frontier experiences of the Wendish colony established in Texas in 1854 which, according to the knowledge and belief of the writer, is the only Wendish colony established in Texas and in North America. Other Wends came over with German colonists to parts of the United States and Canada, but not as a colonial group.
In presenting the story of these pioneers, the writer has endeavored to give a brief sketch of the Wends' Slavic ancestry to answer the questions frequently asked, "Who are the Wends?" and "Where did they come from?"
The Wends never had a nation of their own. They emigrated to this country from Germany. They came from the Lusatias, located on the Spree River, which today have diminished to a mere geographical expression.

Unique among early settlers of Texas was a group of political refugees, intellectuals and freethinkers -- a segment of the impressive Germany-to-Texas movement of the late 1840s -- who established new homes for themselves in the beautiful Hill Country some fifty miles north of San Antonio. The author was the Yankee bride of a great-grandson of Ernst Kapp, formerly professor at the University of Minden and one of those first settlers. 175pp Some toning to pages.