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They came from Germany; the stories of famous German-Americans
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- Creator
- by Dieter Cunz
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Dodd, Mead, [1966]
- Physical Details
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- 178 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimile, portraits ; 23 cm
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-170) and index.
- The German immigrants -- John Peter Zenger. the printer -- Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, the soldier -- Charles Follen, the teacher -- John Jacob Astor, the merchant -- Carl Schurz, the statesman -- John A. Roebling, the engineer -- Thomas Nast, the cartoonist -- Ottmar Mergenthaler, the inventor -- Werner Von Braun, the scientist -- and many, many more
Subjects
- Zenger, John Peter, 1697-1746 -- Juvenile literature.
- Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 -- Juvenile literature.
- Follen, Charles, 1796-1840 -- Juvenile literature.
- Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848 -- Juvenile literature.
- Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906 -- Juvenile literature.
- Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869 -- Juvenile literature.
- Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 -- Juvenile literature.
- Mergenthaler, Ottmar, 1854-1899 -- Juvenile literature.
- Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977 -- Juvenile literature.
- German Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.