Adventure Into Hope: the Founding and Fate of the Giessen Emigration Society and its Organizers Friedrich Muench and Paul Follenius
By Richard F. Vieth
Based on two lectures originally delivered in 2014, Richard F. Vieth's Adventure into Hope: the Founding and Fate of the Giessen Emigration Society and its Organizers, Friedrich Muench and Paul Follenius, is now available as an e-book on Amazon for $4.99.
The book explains the historical and political circumstances leading Germans to emigrate en masse to the U.S. in the 1830s, the Giessen Society's bold plan to establish a German democratic state in America, the voyage to Missouri and ultimate demise of the society, and the subsequent adventures of Muench and Follenius in America.
The short book tells the remarkable stories of Muench, Follenius, and the Giessen Emigration Society in a nutshell. As principle resources, it draws upon Friedrich Muench's autobiography and his biographical essay of his friend, "The Life of Paul Follenius," Vieth said in the foreword.
Vieth is the great-great-grandson of Friedrich Muench.
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The book explains the historical and political circumstances leading Germans to emigrate en masse to the U.S. in the 1830s, the Giessen Society's bold plan to establish a German democratic state in America, the voyage to Missouri and ultimate demise of the society, and the subsequent adventures of Muench and Follenius in America.
The short book tells the remarkable stories of Muench, Follenius, and the Giessen Emigration Society in a nutshell. As principle resources, it draws upon Friedrich Muench's autobiography and his biographical essay of his friend, "The Life of Paul Follenius," Vieth said in the foreword.
Vieth is the great-great-grandson of Friedrich Muench.
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