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Gerstäcker, Friedrich
Born May 10, 1816, in Hamburg; died May 31, 1872, in Braunschweig. German writer and traveler. Gerstäcker was the author of the following travel sketches: Roaming and Hunting in the United States of North America (vols. 1-2, 1844 [its English translation was entitled Wild Sports in the Far West]), Journeys Around the World (vols. 1-6, 1847-48), Pictures of the Mississippi (vols. 1-3, 1847-48), and Travels (vols. 1-5, 1853-54). His novels, The Pirates of the Mississippi (vols. 1-3, 1848), To America! (1855; Russian translation, 1857), Gold (vols. 1-3, 1858), The Colony (vols. 1-3, 1864), and The Mother (vols. 1-3, 1867), as well as California Sketches (1856), are rich in ethnographic material. WORKSGesammelte Schriften, vols. 1-7 [1st series]. Berlin [1903].In Russian translation: Pod ekvatorom, parts 1-3. St. Petersburg, 1872. Prikliucheniia nemetskoi kolonii v Amerike. St. Petersburg, 1875. Syshchik. St. Petersburg [1905]. Prikliucheniia iunogo kitolova. Moscow, 1909. Malen’kii zolotoiskatel’ v Kalifornii, 3rd ed. St. Petersburg-Moscow [1903]. REFERENCEPrahl, A. J. Gerstäcker und die Probleme seiner Zeit. [Wertheim am Main, 1938.]N. M. EISHISKINA Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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