Carl Schurz: A Biography - Hardcover

Trefousse, Hans L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870493264 ISBN 13: 9780870493263

Publisher: Univ of Tennessee Pr, 1982

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"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 of importance to this day, particularly because he represented the older liberal German tradition with its tolerance and opposition to racial and religious hatreds."--BOOK JACKET.

About the Author:

Hans L. Trefousse is Distinguished Professor of History at Brooklyn College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Tennessee Pr
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0870493264
• ISBN 13: 9780870493263
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 386