| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 343 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Coming to Amerika : from Ebhausen to Terryville, Connecticut, 1819-1857 -- West from Connecticut : Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and the Journey to Kansas, 1857-1858 -- Life in Kansas and Connecticut, 1859-1861 -- War, gold, growth, death, and trouble, 1861-1873 -- Growth and change, more tragedy, and the steadfastness of the female frontier in Marshall, County, 1874-1890 |
| Summary |
"Once We Were Strangers is both an immigrant family saga and a scholarly exploration of larger social, political, and economic events of the day with a particular emphasis on German American and Kansas history. Starting out in the small village of Ebhausen in the Black Forest of the Kingdom of Württemberg in what is now Germany, the book chronicles the fortunes of the Lodholzes, who journey across the Atlantic eventually to settle on the plains of the Kansas Territory, in Marshall County. The narrative is based on close to 200 family letters and documents. It is a family saga full of hardship, endurance, joys and sorrows. Interwoven with the history of westward expansion, of German emigration, and of Kansas, the story chronicles, through the pens of ordinary people, an intimate view of the sweep of American history from the 1850s to the nominal end of the frontier in 1890"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 09, 2024) |
| Subject |
Leuthold family.
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Lodholz, Gottfried, 1830-1892 -- Family
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Leuthold family |
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German Americans -- Kansas -- Marshall County -- History -- 19th century
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Immigrants -- Kansas -- Marshall County -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
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Families
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German Americans
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Immigrants
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Marshall County (Kan.) -- History -- 19th century
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Marshall County (Kan.) -- Biography
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Ebhausen (Germany) -- Biography
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Germany -- Ebhausen
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Kansas -- Marshall County
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2023023572 |
| ISBN |
9780700636327 |
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0700636323 |
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