Carl Schurz
A Biography
Born in Germany in 1829, Schurz became involved in the Revolution of 1848 when he was a student at the University of Bonn. Participating in the revolutionary army in Baden, he managed to escape through a sewer during the siege of Rastatt, flee across the Rhine to France, and come back to rescue his professor, Gottfried Kinkel, from a jail near Berlin. This deed made him famous, and when he came to America in 1852, he speedily made use of his ethnic connections to enter politics.--BOOK JACKET. As a role model for German Americans, Schurz always preached the necessity of assimilation but the retention of the German heritage. Schurz's legacy is…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8232-1854-7
- EAN: 9780823218547
- Produktnummer: 1590449
- Verlag: Fordham University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
- Seitenangabe: 386 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.0 cm 828 g
- Gewicht: 828
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
Über den Autor
Hans Trefousse (1921-2010) was Distinguished Professor of History at Brooklyn College and at the Graduate Center, of the City University of New York.
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