Falckner's Curieuse Nachricht von Pensylvania
Subtitle: the book that stimulated the great German immigration to Pennsylvania in the early years of the XVIII century
By: Daniel Falckner ; translated and annotated by Julius F. Sachse
Contributors: Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press/Metalmark Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780271053844
Subjects: Social life and customs; Indians of North America; Pennsylvania; Immigrants; Germany; Emigration and immigration; Pennsylvania Dutch; Germans; History
Work titles: Curieuse Nachricht von Pensylvania
Description: "Reprint of a 1905 English translation of Daniel Falckner's Curieuse Nachricht von Pensylvania (1702). Includes the original German text on facing pages, and annotations comparing that text to a manuscript version"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Originally published: Philadelphia, 1905.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Penn's province; title: Francis Daniel Pastorius; title: "Curieuse Nachricht von Pensylvania"; title: August Hermann Francke; title: Falckner's Authentic tidings; title: List of questions; title: Questions 1-8: The voyage; title: Questions 9-16: In the New World; title: Questions 17-28: The Indians; title: Questions 29-40: Education of the savage; title: Questions 41-44: Home life of the Indian; title: Questions 45-48: Animalia of the province; title: Questions 49-55: German settlement of the province; title: Questions 56-65: Local customs; title: Questions 66-81: Development of the province; title: Questions 82-88: Information for emigrants; title: Questions 89-103: Indians; title: Appendix: Notes and amplifications of various matters in the text.