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Brave New World

Rhinelanders Conquer America

Brave New World( )
Editor: Pesch, Dieter
ISBN:978-0-271-02735-7
Publication Date:Sep 2005
Publisher:Pennsylvania State University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $30.95
Book Description:

Germans were among the largest groups of new immigrants to North America in the eighteenth century. Invaluable as a primary source from the period, Brave New World tells the story of the expedition of two men from the Rhineland to Pennsylvania in 1764. Edited by Dieter Pesch, this book is a translation of the journal that Johannes Herbergs kept as he and Peter Heinrich Strepers set out to reclaim a 5,000-acre tract of land that had once belonged to Strepers's grandfather.

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Book Details
Pages:267
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Emigration & Immigration
History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (Dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.25 x 10.5 x 0.75 Inches
Book Weight:1.06 Pounds



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