The German Texas Frontier in 1853: Ferdinand Lindheimer's Newspaper Accounts of the Environment, Gold, and Indians Volume 1

by Daniel J. Gelo and Christopher J. Wickham

Ferdinand Lindheimer was already renowned as the father of Texas botany when, in late 1852, he became the founding editor of the Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung, a German-language weekly newspaper for the German settler community on the Central Texas frontier. His first year of publication was a pivotal time for the settlers and the American Indians whose territories they occupied. Based on an analysis of the paper's first year--and drawing on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574419293
• ISBN13: 9781574419290
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"