Most of this book and the articles about de Kalb and von Steuben are on wikisource.org Linda Stingel-May Ussery Printing Cell 214 957 9219 On Sep 22, 2011, at 10:31 AM, "Marie Rasnick Fetzer" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Hessians! > > I received an ad from a publisher for the following book: > > THE GERMAN ELEMENT IN THE WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. George Washington Greene, LL. D. Paperback, (1876), reprint 2011, 211 pp. This work consists primarily of three parts: A biography of Baron Von Steuben; a biography of General John Kaib; and approximately 40 pages devoted to a discussion of the German Mercenaries. The author's narrative also provides the reader not only biographical information on Von Steuben and Kaib, but advances a focused insight into the German contribution to both the American and British efforts. > > Does anyone have any comments pro or con about the information inside this book which could help me decide whether or not to purchase it? > > Thanks, > > Marie Rasnick Fetzer > PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS! > ~~~~~~~~~ > FOUNDER: John H. Merz 1924-2006 Created 1998 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ADMINISTRATOR<Kerri> [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Another book that everyone should know about is Johann Ewald's Diary of the American War. There is a copy of it up on Ebay now for about $65 or so. > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:47:29 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Book Review > > Most of this book and the articles about de Kalb and von Steuben are on wikisource.org > > > Linda Stingel-May > Ussery Printing > Cell 214 957 9219 > > On Sep 22, 2011, at 10:31 AM, "Marie Rasnick Fetzer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Hessians! > > > > I received an ad from a publisher for the following book: > > > > THE GERMAN ELEMENT IN THE WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. George Washington Greene, LL. D. Paperback, (1876), reprint 2011, 211 pp. This work consists primarily of three parts: A biography of Baron Von Steuben; a biography of General John Kaib; and approximately 40 pages devoted to a discussion of the German Mercenaries. The author's narrative also provides the reader not only biographical information on Von Steuben and Kaib, but advances a focused insight into the German contribution to both the American and British efforts. > > > > Does anyone have any comments pro or con about the information inside this book which could help me decide whether or not to purchase it? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Marie Rasnick Fetzer > > PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS! > > ~~~~~~~~~ > > FOUNDER: John H. Merz 1924-2006 Created 1998 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ADMINISTRATOR<Kerri> [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS! > ~~~~~~~~~ > FOUNDER: John H. Merz 1924-2006 Created 1998 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ADMINISTRATOR<Kerri> [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message