The Old land and the new
Subtitle: the journals of two Swiss families in America in the 1820's
By: edited and translated by Robert H. Billigmeier & Fred Altschuler Picard. Sketches by Hans Erni.
Contributors: Schweizer, Johannes, 1785-1831.; Rütlinger, Johann Jakob, 1790-1856.; Billigmeier, Robert Henry, ed. and tr.; Picard, Fred Altschuler, ed. and tr.; Erni, Hans, 1909- illus.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 1965
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Swiss -- United States; United States -- Description and travel; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Personal narratives
Other titles: Journals of two Swiss families in America in the 1820's.
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.
Table of contents: title: Note on translation.; title: Introduction, by R.H. Billigmeier.; title: Account of a journey to North America and through the most significant parts thereof, by J. Schweizer.; title: Day book on a journey to North America in the year 1823, by J.J. Rütlinger.