The Old land and the new : the journals of two Swiss families in America in the 1820's /

These are the journals, in English translation, of Johannes Schweizer and Johann Rütlinger, early Swiss immigrants to America, who published the original accounts in Switzerland in 1823 and 1826, respectively. The two men were friends living in the Toggen.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Billigmeier, Robert Henry (ed. and tr.), Picard, Fred Altschuler (ed. and tr.), Erni, Hans, 1909-2015 (Illustrator), Schweizer, Johannes, 1785-1831, Rütlinger, Johann Jakob, 1790-1856
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Swiss German
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1965.
Subjects:
Swiss > United States.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
TRAVEL > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration
Swiss
Travel
United States > Description and travel.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Personal narratives.
États-Unis > Descriptions et voyages.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Récits personnels.
United States
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Note on translation
  • Introduction, by R.H. Billigmeier
  • Account of a journey to North America and through the most significant parts thereof, by J. Schweizer
  • Day book on a journey to North America in the year 1823, by J.J. Rütlinger.

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