Adventures of a Greenhorn An Autobiographical Novel |
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| Author:
| Reitzel, Robert |
| Edited and Translated by:
| Erhardt, Jacob |
| Series title: | New German-American Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8204-1330-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1992 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.95 |
Book Description:
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In 1870, when he was twenty-one years old, Robert Reitzel emigrated to America. Unable to find a job in New York City, he and his companions tramped through New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland in search of work. He kept a journal during the first years of his wild and colorful experiences in America. The entries into the journal later formed the skeleton of his witty, whimsical novel
Adventures of a Greenhorn. This work represents a fascinating and at times disturbing...
More DescriptionIn 1870, when he was twenty-one years old, Robert Reitzel emigrated to America. Unable to find a job in New York City, he and his companions tramped through New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland in search of work. He kept a journal during the first years of his wild and colorful experiences in America. The entries into the journal later formed the skeleton of his witty, whimsical novel Adventures of a Greenhorn. This work represents a fascinating and at times disturbing historical and sociological portrait of America as experienced by a young German immigrant.
Although Reitzel is the best prose stylist of all the 19th-century German-American writers, his work has never appeared in English translation.