German-Texan Heritage Society, The Journal, Volume 32, Number 3, Fall 2010 Page: 3
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Sponsorship
UNT
German Pioneers
on the American Frontier
The Wagners in Texas and Illinois
BY ANDREAS REICHSTEIN
288 pp. 26 b&w illus. 6 maps.
Hardcover $32.95This is a case study of two
brothers, Julius and Wilhelm
Wagner, who immigrated to the
United States in the mid-
nineteenth century. Reichstein,
the author of the award-winning
Rise of the Lone Star, discusses
their family history within the
debate about assimilation and
acculturation. "It has so much
to offer those of us interested in
German-American heritage and,more particularly, German-Texan heritage."-Victoria
AdvocateVoyage to North America,
1844-45
Prince Carl of Solms's Texas Diary
of People, Places, and Events
BY WOLFRAM M. VON-MASZEWSKI
256 pp. 4 b&w illus. 11 maps.
Hardcover $32.50
Carl, Prince of Solms-Braunfel, was the
key figure in the largest and most un-
usual single immigration of Germans to
the United States. In his personal diary
he wrote daily records of personal con- K
tacts with Texas officials and important
citizens, numerous Germans of all sta-
tions already in Texas, and occasional
Indian bands. He described the extent
and nature of his daily travels and,
when warranted, included descriptions of the region or the
city or settlement, particularly the German settlements.To order call 1-800-826-8911
www.unt.edu/untpressUniversity of North Texas Press
Nassau Plantation
The Evolution of a Texas German Slave Plantation
BY JAMES C. KEARNEY
368 pp. 19 b&w illus.
Hardcover $32.95
In the 1840s an organization of German noblemen, the Mainzner Adelsverein,
attempted to settle thousands of German emigrants on the Texas frontier. Nassau
Plantation, located near modern-day Round Top, Texas, in northern Fayette
County, was a significant part of this story. James C. Kearney has studied a wealth
j . of original source material (much of it in German) to illuminate the history of the
plantation and the larger goals and motivation of the Adelsverein. This new study
highlights the problematic relationship of German emigrants to slavery. Few today
EA RN rLY realize that the society's original colonization plan included ownership and opera-
tion of slave plantations. Ironically, the German settlements the society later estab-
lished became hotbeds of anti-slavery and anti-secessionist sentiment.NA S S
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