Maria von Blucher's Corpus Christi: Letters from the South Texas Frontier, 1849-1879 PDF
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Maria von Blüc(cid:1)er’s Cor(cid:2)us Christi Canseco-Keck History Series Jerry Thompson, General Editor [ ] [ ] Maria von Blüc(cid:1)er’s Cor(cid:2)us Christi , – By Maria von Blücher Edited and Annotated by Bruce S. Cheeseman Foreword by Thomas H. Kreneck • [ ] Copyright © by Medora F. Blücher, representing the Charles F. H. von Blücher Family in the United States Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, .-. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Library of Congress Cataloging-in Publication Data Blücher, Maria Augusta von, –. Maria von Blücher’s Corpus Christi : letters from the South Texas frontier, – / by Maria von Blücher ; edited and annotated by Bruce S. Cheeseman ; foreword by Thomas H. Kreneck.–st ed. p. cm.—(Canseco-Keck history series ; no. ) Includes index ---x (cloth : alk. paper) . Blücher, Maria Augusta von, –—Correspondence. . Women pioneers—Texas—Corpus Christi—Correspondence. . Pioneers—Texas— Corpus Christi—Correspondence. . German American women—Texas— Corpus Christi—Correspondence. . Frontier and pioneer life—Texas— Corpus Christi. . German Americans—Texas—Corpus Christi—Social life and customs—th century. . Corpus Christi (Tex.)—Social life and customs—th century. . Corpus Christi (Tex.)—Biography. I. Cheeseman, Bruce S. II. Title III. Series. . .''—dc Photographs courtesy of Charles F.H. von Blücher Family Papers, Special Collections and Archives, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi [ ] For , , n [ ] [ ] Contents List of Illustrations Foreword by Thomas H. Kreneck Preface Acknowledgments Prussia Passage to a New Land: America Early Corpus Christi: The s Civil War Reconstruction and Redemption: The s Epilogue Notes Index [ ] [ ] List o(cid:3) Illustrations Children of Maria Augusta Imme and Felix Anton von Blücher (chart) Maria’s Parents, Auguste Kroll Imme and Carl Friedrich Imme Drawing of Birkenwäldchen (Birchforest) Portrait of young Felix A. von Blücher Wedding Photograph of Maria Augusta Imme and Felix A. von Blücher Maria Augusta Imme von Blücher Corpus Christi, Texas, ca. fi Painting of the rst Corpus Christi Blücher Homestead Maria (Mary) Felicia von Blücher James Downing, ca. s Maria Augusta Imme von Blücher, ca. s Richard Paul and Carl (Charles) Friedrich Harvey von Blücher, ca. late s Letterhead of Felix A. Blücher & Co., Caroline Cottage, home of George Kill-Mar, ca. s Felix A. von Blücher Surveying Party, South Texas, ca. early s Maria Augusta Imme von Blücher, ca. – Felix A. von Blücher, ca. George Anton von Blücher, ca. Julia Augusta von Blücher, ca. Funeral Notice of Felix A. von Blücher, Funeral Notice of Maria Augusta von Blücher, [ ]
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