Gustav Dresel's Houston Journal

Klappentext The diary of a German businessman in the Texas Republic. Zusammenfassung The diary of a German businessman in the Texas Republic. Acknowledgments Introduction Voyage from Le Havre to New York, May 17-June 17, 1837 Sojourn in New York, June 17-November 19, 1837 Journey to Philadelphia and Washington on the Susquehanna, November, 1837-April, 1838 Journey from Washington to Fort Madison, April-May, 1838 Sojourn in Iowa Territory Voyage to New Orleans Voyage to Texas, July 12, 1838 Voyage to Velasco, Galveston, and Houston, August, 1838 Sojourn in Houston, August, 1838-January, 1839 In New Orleans Again, January, 1839 Trip to Natchez In Port Gibson Expedition from Mississippi through Louisiana, August, 1839 In Texas Again Progress to Alabama Village and Visit with the Indians Sojourn in Montgomery County A Short Stay in Houston Renewed Sojourn in Montgomery County Wagon Train to Houston, November, 1839 A Yuletide Excursion Life and Activities in Houston Falling Sick Back to New Orleans, November, 1840 Voyage from New Orleans to Hamburg, June 21- August 12, 1841 Postscript, January, 1847 Appendix: The Dresel Family at the Time of Gustav Dresel's Death Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Gustav Dresel
• Assisted by: Max Freund (Editor), Max Freund (Translation)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2009
• EAN: 9780292725546
• ISBN: 978-0-292-72554-6
• Series: University of Texas Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous