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Preserving German Texan identity : reminiscences of William A. Trenckmann, 1859-1935 / edited by Walter L. Buenger and Walter D. Kamphoefner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trenckmann, William A., 1859-1935, author.
- Series:
- Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; Number 45.
- Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; Number 45
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trenckmann, William A., 1859-1935.
- Trenckmann, William A.
- German American teachers--Texas--Biography.
- German American teachers.
- Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas--Alumni and alumnae--Biography.
- Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "In Preserving German Texan Identity, historians Walter L. Buenger and Walter D. Kamphoefner present a revised and annotated translation of those memoirs as a revealing window into the lives of German Texans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Erlebtes und Beobachtetes (experiences and observations)
- Millheim and its school
- Childhood and youth
- More about A&M
- More about the academy; teacher in Shelby
- Schoolmaster again
- The principal becomes an editor
- About the Wochenblatt in Bellville
- State politics
- War and politics
- The move to Austin
- World War
- Aftermath of the war and conclusion
- Appendixes: Christmas in troubled times
- 1907 Long Horn
- Suggested readings.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62349-714-0
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