Master Builder of the Lower Rio Grande Heinrich Portscheller |
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| Author:
| George, W. Eugene
Hollers, Mary Carolyn
Guerra, Mariá Eugenia
Fox, Stephen |
| Series title: | Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62349-452-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2016 |
| Publisher: | Texas A&M University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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In 1865, Heinrich Portscheller emigrated to Mexico from his native Germany, perhaps motivated by a desire to avoid compulsory military service in the Austro-Prussian War. Over the next decades, Portscheller acquired a reputation as a master builder and architect. During nearly fifty years of historical sleuthing in South Texas and Germany, W. Eugene George reconstructed many of the details of the life and career of this important South Texas craftsman.
In 1865, Heinrich Portscheller emigrated to Mexico from his native Germany, perhaps motivated by a desire to avoid compulsory military service in the Austro-Prussian War. Over the next decades, Portscheller acquired a reputation as a master builder and architect. During nearly fifty years of historical sleuthing in South Texas and Germany, W. Eugene George reconstructed many of the details of the life and career of this important South Texas craftsman.