Gustav Dresel's Houston Journal : Adventures in North America and Texas, 1837-1841 / Gustav Dresel ; translated from a German Manuscript and edited by Max Freund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dresel, Gustav, 1818-1848, author.

Contributor:

Freund, Max, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Texas--Description and travel.

Texas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS, [1954]

Summary:

The diary of a German businessman in the Texas Republic.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Voyage from Le Havre to New York, May 17-June 17, 1837

Sojourn in New York, June 17-November 19, 1837

Journey to Philadelphia and Washington on the Susquehanna, November, 1837-April, 1838

Journey from Washington to Fort Madison, April-May, 1838

Sojourn in Iowa Territory

Voyage to New Orleans

Voyage to Texas, July 12, 1838

Voyage to Velasco, Galveston, and Houston, August, 1838

Sojourn in Houston, August, 1838-January, 1839

In New Orleans Again, January, 1839

Trip to Natchez

In Port Gibson

Expedition from Mississippi through Louisiana, August, 1839

In Texas Again

Progress to Alabama Village and Visit with the Indians

Sojourn in Montgomery County

A Short Stay in Houston

Renewed Sojourn in Montgomery County

Wagon Train to Houston, November, 1839

A Yuletide Excursion

Life and Activities in Houston

Falling Sick

Back to New Orleans, November, 1840

Voyage from New Orleans to Hamburg, June 21-August 12, 1841

Postscript, January, 1847

Appendix: The Dresel Family at the Time of Gustav Dresel's Death

Notes to the Text

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Dresel, Gustav Gustav Dresel's Houston Journal

ISBN:

9780292766945

0292766947

OCLC:

1511480610