Carl Schurz A Biography |
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| Author:
| Trefousse, Hans L. |
| Series title: | The North's Civil War Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8232-1855-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1998 |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $44.00 |
Book Description:
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The biography of Carl Schurz is a story of an amazing life. At the age of 19, Schurz, a student at the University of Bonn, became involved in the Revolution of 1848. Participating in the revolutionary army, 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.
The biography of Carl Schurz is a story of an amazing life. At the age of 19, Schurz, a student at the University of Bonn, became involved in the Revolution of 1848. Participating in the revolutionary army, 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.