Inhalt
Contents: German Immigrants to the United States – German Immigration to Texas in the Nineteenth Century – State of Research – The C. F. Bergmann Family: Biographical Background – Importance of the Edition – Limits of Written Communication – Message of the Letters – Study Approaches to Immigrant Letters – Principles of Transcription and Translation – The Sea Journey to America: August to November 1854 – The First Years in San Antonio, Texas: 1854 to 1857 – Farm Life on the Guadalupe River in Texas: 1857 to 1888 – Die Seereise nach Amerika: August bis November 1854 – Die ersten Jahre in San Antonio, Texas: 1854 bis 1857 – Farmleben an der Guadalupe: 1857 bis 1888.
