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The Germans in colonial times

by Lucy Forney Bittinger

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This excellent book gives a fine presentation of German history in America down through the American Revolution. Chapter headings include: Conditions in Germany which led to Emigration; Germantown; The Labadists in Maryland; The Woman in the Wilderness; G

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Lucy Forney Bittinger

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Languages: English
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ISBNs: 6
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Published: 1998
Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 973.0431
LCC: E184 .G3 .B4

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Lucy Forney Bittinger

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