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Report on a journey to the western states of North America : and a stay of several years along the Missouri (during the years 1824, '25, '26, and 1827) / Gottfried Duden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duden, Gottfried, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Bericht über eine Reise nach den westlichen Staaten Nordamerika's ... English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Duden, Gottfried--19th century--Correspondence.
- Duden, Gottfried.
- History.
- Missouri.
- United States.
- Letters--19th century.
- Letters.
- United States--Description and travel--19th century.
- Missouri--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 372 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : The State Historical Society of Missouri and the University of Missouri Press, [2017].
- Summary:
- "In the early nineteenth century, Missouri played a central role in attracting Germans to the Midwest, perhaps most notably through Gottfried Duden's widely read Report on a Journey to the Western States of North America. Duden traveled to America in 1824 with a professional farmer and cook to work the land he purchased near what is now Dutzow, Missouri. He spent his days visiting the lead mines, duck hunting with Nathan Boone, and observing nature. His idyllic acccounts, written in the form of personal letters, covered many topics, from slavery and the indigenous inhabitants of the land to farming methods and weather. Duden returned to Germany in 1827, and in 1829 he self-published 1,500 copies of his "letters home," praising the virtues of Missouri for those wishing to be farmers or businessmen. By 1840, more than 38,000 Germans had settled in the lower Missouri River valley, and German immigrants to Missouri were often called 'followers of Duden.'" -- Back cover.
- Notes:
- "An English translation; James W.Goodrich, general editor; George H. Kellner, Elsa Nagel, Adolf E. Schroeder, and W.M. Senner, editors and translators."
- "First paperback printing 2017"--Title-page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-366) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826221438
- 0826221432
- OCLC:
- 989035333
- Publisher Number:
- 99973904290
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