Report on a Journey to the Western States of North America: and a Stay of Several Years Along the Missouri (During the Years 1824-1827)

[Gottfried Duden] ✓ Report on a Journey to the Western States of North America: and a Stay of Several Years Along the Missouri (During the Years 1824-1827) ↠ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Report on a Journey to the Western States of North America: and a Stay of Several Years Along the Missouri (During the Years 1824-1827) immigration history and a unique and delightful fragment of Missouris rich German heritage.Duden presented his account in the form of personal letters, a style that helped make the book believable. The mass migrations to the United States from Europe that began in the 1830s were strongly influenced by what is known today as emigration literature--travelers writings about their experiences in the New World. It provides for the general public and the professional historian a significant contribu

Report on a Journey to the Western States of North America: and a Stay of Several Years Along the Missouri (During the Years 1824-1827)

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Rating : 4.15 (522 Votes)
Asin : 0826221432
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 400 Pages
Publish Date : 2013-07-31
Language : English

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immigration history and a unique and delightful fragment of Missouri's rich German heritage.Duden presented his account in the form of personal letters, a style that helped make the book believable. The mass migrations to the United States from Europe that began in the 1830s were strongly influenced by what is known today as emigration literature--travelers' writings about their experiences in the New World. It provides for the general public and the professional historian a significant contribution to U.S. Many would-be gentlemen farmers, inspired by his book to come to Missouri, found pioneer farming more strenuous than they had expected.. Gottfried Duden's Report on a Journey to the Western States of North America, published in 1829, was one of the most influential of these books. Duden farmed the land he bought during his sojourn in Missouri, and his book includes meticulous descriptions of clearing, fencing, and harvesting. The timing, format, coverage,

“For more than a generation Duden’s writings formed the leitmotif of German settlement in Missouri, with the interpretation of his comments provoking endless discussion among those who came here. Many immigrants continued to revere his memory as the father of the German migration, and even those who blamed him for their misfortunes seem to have had a grudging respect for that kindly, guileless man.”—Charles van Ravenswaay, Director of the Missouri Historical Society 1946–1962, author of The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri: A Survey of a Vanishing Culture  

"Great work. Missouri was the West in the 1820's" according to Atokaman. Great work. Missouri was the West in the 1820's and Great work. Missouri was the West in the 1820's Great work. Missouri was the West in the 1820's and 30's. Simple farm community life.. 0's. Simple farm community life.. "Five Stars" according to Mcraigrod. Book responsible for millions of Germans migrating to the heartland of America.. Time Capsule Gottfried Duden lived in Eastern Missouri in the 1820s. This book is his report to the people back home in Prussia on living conditions in Missouri. It influenced many Germans to emigrate. To us, it serves as a kind of time capsule.He describes the journey from Baltimore to St. Louis, the lodging h

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