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Preserving German Texan identity : reminiscences of William A. Trenckmann, 1859-1935 /

Born in Millheim, Texas, to a family of German immigrants who moved to Texas in the wake of the 1848 revolution, William Andreas Trenckmann was a teacher, journalist, and publisher who successfully combined his German heritage with a new, distinctly Texan identity. His education was cultivated at th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trenckmann, William A., 1859-1935 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Buenger, Walter L., 1951- (Editor ), Kamphoefner, Walter D. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2019]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; 45.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.