The notice below is about a book that may interest list members. It has been hard to find English versions of letters and diaries about German settlers' life in America and this novel (not a transcription of a journal or letters) may be a very good source. From the H-GAGCS list: Lorie A. Vanchena, Assistant Professor of German at Creighton University, works in the area of nineteenth-century German and German- American literature and culture. Her English translation and edition of Reinhold Solger’s Anton in Amerika: Novelle aus dem deutsch- amerikanischen Leben (Anton in America: A Novel from German-American Life) is forthcoming. An Internet search with the author's name provides: Creighton U - Modern Languages & Literatures Lorie Vanchena, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of German ... Phone: (402) 280-2957 Fax: (402) 280-3703 E-Mail: vanchena@creighton.edu ... http://0-www.creighton.edu.library.unl.edu/ml/faculty/vanchena.htm Anyone who wants to know more about when the book will be available might contact professor Vanchena. Generally books like this are put out by an academic publisher and the first edition may be only 500 copies. They can be somewhat expensive at first and this one may appear in some University libraries within 3 months of publication, making it available for interlibrary loan. After about a year the books remaining in publisher's stock may be "remaindered" at less than 1/2 the original retail price. Checking sources like Alibris.com and Amanzon.com from time to time allows a "price watch" for those interested in buying. Karen