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The Long-Lost Friend
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 156

The Long-Lost Friend

You are holding in your hands the most famous book of magic written in America Originally published in 1820 near Reading, Pennsylvania, under the German title Der Lange Verborgene Freund, this text is the work of immigrant Johann George Hohman. A collection of herbal formulas and magical prayers, The Long-Lost Friend draws from the traditional folk magic of Pennsylvania Dutch customs and pow-wow healers. This is authentic American folk magic at its best—household remedies combined with charms and incantations to cure common ailments and settle rural troubles. The most well-known grimoire of the New World, this work has influenced the practices of hoodoo, Santeria, Paganism, and other faith...

Pennsylvania's Revolution
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 408

Pennsylvania's Revolution

"A collection of essays on the American Revolution in Pennsylvania. Topics include the politicization of the English- and German-language press and the population they served; the Revolution in remote areas of the state; and new historical perspectives on the American and British armies during the Valley Forge winter"--Provided by publisher.

The Declaration in Script and Print
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 359

The Declaration in Script and Print

Perhaps the single most important founding document of the United States of America, the Declaration of Independence became both a work of art and a mass-market commodity during the nineteenth century. In this book, graphic arts historian John Bidwell traces the fascinating history of Declaration prints and broadsides and reveals the American public’s changing attitudes toward this iconic text. The new and improved intaglio, letterpress, and lithographic printing technologies of the nineteenth century led to increasingly elaborate reproductions of the Declaration. Some were touted as precious relics; others were aimed at the bottom of the market. Rival publishers claimed to have produced t...

Citizens in a Strange Land
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 370

Citizens in a Strange Land

In Citizens in a Strange Land, Hermann Wellenreuther examines the broadsides—printed single sheets—produced by the Pennsylvania German community. These broadsides covered topics ranging from local controversies and politics to devotional poems and hymns. Each one is a product of and reaction to a particular historical setting. To understand them fully, Wellenreuther systematically reconstructs Pennsylvania’s print culture, the material conditions of life, the problems German settlers faced, the demands their communities made on the individual settlers, the complications to be overcome, and the needs to be satisfied. He shows how these broadsides provided advice, projections, and comment on phases of life from cradle to grave.

Mennonite Family History Ten Year Index, 1982-1991
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 168

Mennonite Family History Ten Year Index, 1982-1991

A 52,640-name index to the past ten years of Mennonite Family History published from 1982 through 1991, this index includes surnames, authors of articles, subjects and every name mentioned in the articles. (170pp. Masthof Press, 1992.)

Der Reggeboge
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 108

Der Reggeboge

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1988
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Annual Report of the President, Treasurer and Attorney of the German Legal Aid Society
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1162

Annual Report of the President, Treasurer and Attorney of the German Legal Aid Society

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1939
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  • Publisher: Unknown

List of members in each report.

Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 2012
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 917

Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 2012

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National Genealogical Society Quarterly
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 404

National Genealogical Society Quarterly

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1984
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Church Advocate
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 430

Church Advocate

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1991
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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