Title: The King's steward
Description: John Peter Daleiden, 1847 - 1930, writes his disguised autobiography, using "George Schumann" as the subject of the story, in place of himself, and Philadelphia as his home instead of his real domicile in Chicago. The story chronicles the twin stewardships of both his family of 10 children, and the business he built--the largest Catholic church goods and religious articles business in America.
Subjects: Christian life; an autobiography, under an assumed name, of John Peter Daleiden, a prominent German-born emigre and Chicago Catholic businessman and philanthropist.
Places: Germany, Chicago
People: John Peter Daleiden
Time periods: Approx. 1867 to 1930