Cincinnati Turner Societies: The Cradle of an American Movement Dann Woellert

Cincinnati Turner Societies: The Cradle of an American Movement

Author: Dann Woellert
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Cincinnati Turner Societies: The Cradle of an American Movement
Author
Dann Woellert
ISBN
9781540230706
Seeking asylum after the failed German Revolution of 1848, refugees flocked to Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood. They brought their Germanic culture language, literature, music, art, dance, drink, celebration or gemutlichkeit" AND, their love for gymnastics. It was here in the small tavern, "Hecker Haus," that the American Turners were born, founded by a group of 14 German speaking immigrants. This movement rapidly spread, influencing a growing nation in education, progressive thought, politics, human rights, health, literature and the arts. This is the story of that organization, born and raised in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, which fostered a great German-American movement."Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Dann WoellertPublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublished: 02/17/2012ISBN: 9781540230706Pages: 178Weight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
Seeking asylum after the failed German Revolution of 1848, refugees flocked to Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood. They brought their Germanic culture language, literature, music, art, dance, drink, celebration or gemutlichkeit" AND, their love for gymnastics. It was here in the small tavern, "Hecker Haus," that the American Turners were born, founded by a group of 14 German speaking immigrants. This movement rapidly spread, influencing a growing nation in education, progressive thought, politics, human rights, health, literature and the arts. This is the story of that organization, born and raised in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, which fostered a great German-American movement."

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Dann Woellert
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 02/17/2012
ISBN: 9781540230706
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
Seeking asylum after the failed German Revolution of 1848, refugees flocked to Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood. They brought their Germanic culture language, literature, music, art, dance, drink, celebration or gemutlichkeit" AND, their love for gymnastics. It was here in the small tavern, "Hecker Haus," that the American Turners were born, founded by a group of 14 German speaking immigrants. This movement rapidly spread, influencing a growing nation in education, progressive thought, politics, human rights, health, literature and the arts. This is the story of that organization, born and raised in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, which fostered a great German-American movement."

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Dann Woellert
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 02/17/2012
ISBN: 9781540230706
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d