Friedrich Hecker

Author : Sabine Freitag
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 9780963980472
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friedrich Hecker written by Sabine Freitag and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friedrich Hecker (1811-1881) lived the first half of his life in the Grand Duchy of Baden, a small state in southern Germany. He was a major leader of a rebellion on behalf of the German republican movement in 1848, but his defeat forced him into exile in America. There he spent the second half of his life as a farmer in southern Illinois, helping to found the Republican Party and campaigning among his countrymen in local and national elections. During the Civil War he served bravely, fighting in some of the most important battles. Although much better known in Germany than in America, he founded a remarkable family in the Midwest that is still flourishing and is a major example of the melding of the European and American traditions of liberty. The work draws heavily from original sources, including letters and diaries at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, the Missouri Historical Society, and the St. Louis Mercantile Library.

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Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Erinnerung an Friedrich Hecker written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frederick M. Voigt
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Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Study of Selected Speeches of Friedrich Hecker in the United States written by Frederick M. Voigt and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Friedrich Hecker
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Download or read book Toast an Dr. Friedrich Hecker written by Friedrich Hecker and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hans A. Pohlsander
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783034301381
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Monuments in the Americas written by Hans A. Pohlsander and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the many transatlantic bonds which have linked and still link Germany and the United States. German immigrants to the Americas brought with them a good deal of cultural baggage. They cultivated their German heritage in their schools, churches, and clubs. They expressed pride in this heritage by erecting monuments to Goethe or Schiller, Beethoven or Wagner, Alexander von Humboldt or «Turnvater» Jahn. They claimed Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Carl Schurz, Gustave Koerner, and John A. Roebling as their own. But German-born or German-trained sculptors did not limit themselves to German subjects. They also paid tribute to America by creating sculptures of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and others who occupy a place of honor in American history. While a few German monuments can be found in Canada and in Latin America, the number of German monuments in the United States is surprisingly large. These monuments illustrate the contribution - often overlooked or ignored - of the German-American community to American society and American cultural life.

Author : Frederick M. Voigt
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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book A study of select speeches of Friedrich Hecker in the United States written by Frederick M. Voigt and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Julius Friedrich Hecker
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Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion Under the Soviets written by Julius Friedrich Hecker and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sydney J. Norton
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826274935
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting for a Free Missouri written by Sydney J. Norton and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missouri is well-known for its German American heritage, but the story of nineteenth-century German immigrant abolitionists is often neglected in discussions of the state’s history. This collection of ten original essays (with a foreword by renowned Missouri historian Gary Kremer), relates what unfolded when idealistic Germans, many of whom were highly educated and devoted to the ideals of freedom and democracy, left their homeland and settled in a pre–Civil War slave state. Fleeing political persecution during the 1830s and 1840s, immigrants such as Friedrich Münch, Eduard Mühl, Heinrich Boernstein, and Arnold Krekel arrived in the area now known as the Missouri German Heritage Corridor in hopes of finding a land more congenial to their democratic ideals. When they witnessed the state of enslaved Blacks, many of them became abolitionist activists and fervent supporters of Abraham Lincoln and the Union in the emerging Civil War. Editor Sydney Norton and the other contributing authors to Fighting for a Free Missouri explore the Germans’ abolitionist mission, their relationships with African Americans, and their activity in the radical wing of the Republican Party.

Author : Gerard H. Wilk
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Total Pages : 2 pages
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Download or read book Germans in America written by Gerard H. Wilk and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Miranda E. Wilkerson
Publisher : Celebrating the Peoples of Ill
ISBN 13 : 0809337215
Total Pages : 235 pages
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Download or read book Germans in Illinois written by Miranda E. Wilkerson and published by Celebrating the Peoples of Ill. This book was released on 2019 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging history of one of the largest ethnic groups in Illinois explores the influence and experiences of German immigrants and their descendants from their arrival in the middle of the nineteenth century to their heritage identity today. Coauthors Miranda E. Wilkerson and Heather Richmond examine the primary reasons that Germans came to Illinois and describe how they adapted to life and distinguished themselves through a variety of occupations and community roles. The promise of cheap land and fertile soil in rural areas and emerging industries in cities attracted three major waves of German-speaking immigrants to Illinois in search of freedom and economic opportunities. Before long the state was dotted with German churches, schools, cultural institutions, and place names. German churches served not only as meeting places but also as a means of keeping language and culture alive. Names of Illinois cities and towns of German origin include New Baden, Darmstadt, Bismarck, and Hamburg. In Chicago, many streets, parks, and buildings bear German names, including Altgeld Street, Germania Place, Humboldt Park, and Goethe Elementary School. Some of the most lively and ubiquitous organizations, such as Sängerbunde, or singer societies, and the Turnverein, or Turner Society, also preserved a bit of the Fatherland. Exploring the complex and ever-evolving German American identity in the growing diversity of Illinois's linguistic and ethnic landscape, this book contextualizes their experiences and corrects widely held assumptions about assimilation and cultural identity. Federal census data, photographs, lively biographical sketches, and newly created maps bring the complex story of German immigration to life. The generously illustrated volume also features detailed notes, suggestions for further reading, and an annotated list of books, journal articles, and other sources of information.