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Anton and Theodor van Dreveldt grew up in Emmerich, Prussia, as the sons of a Catholic priest and his housekeepera situation their father tried to disguise by presenting himself as their uncle. As young men, both Anton and Theodor found their lives increasingly troubled. Anton drank heavily, and Theodors career was jeopardized by his participation in a banned political organization. These troubles, combined with growing Prussian authoritarianism, led to their independent emigrations to the United States, Theodor in 1844 and Anton in 1849.Theodor, tormented by malaria and financial difficulties, returned to Germany, but Anton and his son Bernhard, who emigrated after Theodors return, remained. This separation helped produce a remarkable body of correspondence describing the van Dreveldts often troubled relationships with each other, their homeland, and America. Their letters compare the age-old tribulations of Europe against the promise and challenges of a new country. The van Dreveldts experiences provide a fascinating glimpse into the complexities of immigrant life.

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title:Lives and Letters of an Immigrant Family : The Van Dreveldts' Experiences Along the Missouri, 1844-1866
author:Kronenberg, Kenneth.; Van Dreveldt, Anton; Van Dreveldt, Bernard; Van Dreveldt, Bernhard; Gimborn, Carl von.
publisher:University of Nebraska Press
isbn10 | asin:0803227418
print isbn13:9780803227415
ebook isbn13:9780585286532
language:English
subjectVan Dreveldt family--Correspondence, Germans Americans--Missouri River Region--Correspondence, Immigrants--Missouri River Region--Correspondence, Van Dreveldt, Anton,--1804-1859--Correspondence, Van Dreveldt, Bernhard,--1835-1866--Correspondence, Missouri
publication date:1998
lcc:F472.M7K76 1998eb
ddc:978/.00431/0092
subject:Van Dreveldt family--Correspondence, Germans Americans--Missouri River Region--Correspondence, Immigrants--Missouri River Region--Correspondence, Van Dreveldt, Anton,--1804-1859--Correspondence, Van Dreveldt, Bernhard,--1835-1866--Correspondence, Missouri
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Lives and Letters of an Immigrant Family
The van Dreveldts' Experiences along the Missouri, 18441866
Written and translated by Kenneth Kronenberg
in association with C. Hans von Gimborn
Page iv Copyright 1998 by Carl Hans von Gimborn All rights reserved - photo 2
Page iv
Copyright 1998 by Carl Hans von Gimborn
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
Picture 3 The paper in this book meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Kronenberg, Kenneth, 1946
Lives and letters of an immigrant family: the
van Dreveldts' experiences along the Missouri,
18441866 / written and translated by Kenneth
Kronenberg in association with C. Hans von
Gimborn.
p. cm. Includes bibliographical references
(p.) and index. ISBN 0-8032-2741-8 (alk. paper)
1. Van Dreveldt familyCorrespondence.
2. Germans AmericansMissouri River Region
Correspondence. 3. ImmigrantsMissouri
River RegionCorrespondence. 4. Van Dreveldt;
Anton, 18041859Correspondence. 5. Van
Dreveldt, Bernhard, 18351866Correspondence.
6. Missouri River RegionBiography. I. Van
Dreveldt, Anton, 18041859. II. Van Dreveldt,
Bernard, d. 1880. III. Van Dreveldt, Bernhard,
18351866. IV. Gimborn, Carl von. v. Title.
F472.M7K76 1998 978'.00431'0092dc21 98-19559 CIP
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Contents
List of Illustrations
vii
Foreword by
C. Hans von Gimborn
ix
Preface
xiii
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction
xvii
The Town of Emmerich
1
Provost Goossens
4
The French Revolution
6
The "Little Mishaps"
10
Voorthuyzen
13
The Two Brothers
16
Emigration
29
Theodor in America
37
What Was Going On in Germany
67
The Revolution of 1848 and Theodor's Return
70
Anton in America
88
How Things Go Wrong
93
Bernhard: From Voorthuyzen to New Voorthuyzen
101
Bernhard and Maria
112
Politics in Black and White
126

Page vi
Bernhard and Maria in America
131
The Unrest in Missouri
146
The Civil War According to Bernhard
150
Bernhard's Death
183
Conclusion
191
Afterword
194
Notes
197
Index
207

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