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Paperback / softback. New. In 1849, a young German bride and her husband stepped off a ship in Corpus Christi Bay to establish their home in the new frontier settlement. For the next three decades Maria von Bluecher wrote letters home describing the hardships of droughts and Indian and bandit raids, the chaos of the American Civil War, the discomforts of pioneer living, the joys and heartbreaks of family life, and the development of a town that her descendants would help to build into a thriving city. Her letters record above all the woman's side of pioneer life. Although they offer insight into political events and economic developments in Germany, the United States, and South Texas, their greater value lies in the picture they paint of the deprivations, cruel hardships, sacrifice, and dangers faced in everyday life. Maria's letters stand as a personal account of the pioneer experience and an elegant testimony to the role played by Germans in the settlement of South Texas. They provide…
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Maria von Bl�cher's Corpus Christi: Letters from the South Texas Frontier, 1849-1879 (Canseco-Keck History Series) Paperback - 2011
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- Title Maria von Bl�cher's Corpus Christi: Letters from the South Texas Frontier, 1849-1879 (Canseco-Keck History Series)
- Author von Bl�cher, Maria
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- Pages 320
- Language ENG
- Publisher Texas A&M University Press
- Date 2011-01
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781603442237
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- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Texas
- Locality: Corpus Christi, Texas
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Civil War
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