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The Tagebuch of Ernst Silge, USN : written from the diaries of a German immigrant sailor boy and Colorado homesteader, 1882-1895
- Title
- The Tagebuch of Ernst Silge, USN : written from the diaries of a German immigrant sailor boy and Colorado homesteader, 1882-1895 / by Frank H. Pierce III ; from translation of the original German text by Alwin J. Wenzel.
- Author
- Silge, Ernst, 1866-1940.
- Publication
- Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | CT275.S5212 A3 1996 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Pierce, Frank H. (Frank Hutches), 1931-
- Description
- 264 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Summary
- Ernst Silge (1866-1940) immigrated from Germany in 1882. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1883 and traveled the world until 1887 when he came down with tuberculosis; he was discharged in 1888. He kept diaries during his naval years and while in Colorado until about 1894 or so. He went back to Germany and married Marie Fredericka Knorr in 1895 and raised a family.
- Subject
- Silge, Ernst, 1866-1940 > Diaries
- Silge, Ernst, 1866-1940
- Silge
- United States. Navy > Biography
- United States. Navy
- Sailors > United States > Diaries
- Frontier and pioneer life > Colorado
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Sailors
- Voyages and travel
- Voyages around the world
- Silver mines and mining > Colorado
- Colorado
- United States
- United States, Colorado > History
- Frontier and pioneer life Colorado
- Sailors United States Diaries
- Silge, Ernst 1866-1940 Diaries
- United States Navy Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Diaries.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the German.
- ISBN
- 078840489X
- 9780788404894
- LCCN
- 96075428
- OCLC
- ocm35753446
- SCSB-14066661
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library