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An Immigrant Soldier in the Mexican War
Frederick Zeh, a young German immigrant, had hardly arrived in the United States when he was caught up in the war fever that swept his new homeland. He joined the Mountain Howitzer and Rocket Company of the U.S. Army. His impressions of the siege of Veracruz, the long march to Mexico City, the bloody battles that occurred along the route, and the occupation of the capital provide a vivid and unusual account of the Mexican War from an enlisted man's point of view. Although Zeh held the lowly rank of "laborer" in the army, he was well-educated and an astute observer, and his story is both lively and well-written. Besides the horror of battles, he tells about relations between officers and enlisted men, military punishment, and the day-to-day life of the soldiers. Numerous anecdotes and personal stories enliven his narrative. He is unusually candid about abuses that occurred in the American army and toward Mexican civilians. His is also the first book-length account written by a German-American participant - a significant contribution, given that nearly half the regular army was made up of immigrant recruits.
Adressbuch des deutschsprachigen Buchhandels
Consists of four sections with distinctive titles: Buchhandels-Adressbuch für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (varies slightly), Adressbuch des Oesterreichischen Buch-, Kunst-, Musikalien- und Zeitschriftenhandels, Schweizer Buchhandel-Adressbuch, Verzeichnis des ausländiscen Buchhandels, 1954, and Verzeichnis des Buchhandels anderer Länder, 1955-1974/75.
Handbuch literarisch-kultureller Vereine, Gruppen und Bünde 1825-1933
Vom 19. bis weit ins 20. Jahrhundert sind Vereine die Orte, an denen sich das literarische Leben entfaltet, an denen Literatur produziert, vorgetragen und kritisiert wird. Das vorliegende Handbuch erschließt erstmals diesen Bereich, indem es zuverlässig über mehr als 100 Vereine Auskunft gibt. Das 19. Jahrhundert ist ein Jahrhundert der Vereine gewesen. Zentrale ästhetische, kulturpolitische und politische Impulse gingen von Vereinen und den ihnen assoziierten Publikationen aus.
